Installing/uninstalling a service

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Claire - 23 May 2005 16:10 GMT

I've created an install project for my service application which installs
ok.
I added a custom action in the "install" section. I just added the "primary
output" to here and did nothing else.
When I run the uninstall, the files are all removed but the service remains
listed in Windows Services list and remains running.
How do I stop this running and unregister it within my install project
please? (for when users uninstall)

thank you

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Phil Wilson - 23 May 2005 21:47 GMT

If you add the custom action by right-clicking on the "Custom Actions" node
instead of just the Install node, you'll find it adds all the required
custom actions. At the risk of stating the obvious, you never added an
Uninstall custom action to uninstall the service (or a commit or a rollback
either) so yup, it dosn't uninstall.

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> I've created an install project for my service application which installs
> ok.
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>
> thank you

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Claire - 24 May 2005 08:17 GMT

> If you add the custom action by right-clicking on the "Custom Actions"
> node instead of just the Install node, you'll find it adds all the
> required custom actions. At the risk of stating the obvious, you never
> added an Uninstall custom action to uninstall the service (or a commit or
> a rollback either) so yup, it dosn't uninstall.

that's great, thanks Phil
(Not done this before)

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