Full explained and working solution: 1) open vs2017 and select “Tools” -> “Extensions and Updates” 2) Under Extensions and Updates select “Online” on the left of the window and on the right type in search box “Visual Studio Installer Projects Extension” hit enter and it is the first download in result (attached image) select this … Read more
I figured out how to add Custom Prerequisites to the Visual Studio prerequisites dialog box. MSDN as a good article on creating the prerequisite. Basically you just have to create a product manifest and a package manifest, copy them along with your distributable file to : \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages. Visual studio will automatically pick it … Read more
I found several errors in the code that you reused and have fixed these and also cleaned it up a little. Again, the original code is taken from here. public static class ServiceInstaller { private const int STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = 0xF0000; private const int SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS = 0x00000010; [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] private class SERVICE_STATUS { public int dwServiceType = … Read more