Windows Service Installation using installshield

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I have a windows service. How do I install and start it using installshield 2010?

what did you try? Which version of IS are you using? check answers here as well: http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=175189 — Davide Piras, Nov 14 '11 at 18:57
take a look at this link http://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?t=175189 — Glory Raj, Nov 14 '11 at 18:58
This is what you're after... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11994725/how-do-i-create-an-installshield-le-project-to-install-a-windows-service — jw1, May 02 '14 at 10:00

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 15 '11 at 01:03

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InstallScript have the following functions ServiceAddService and ServiceStartService for your requirement.

edited Nov 15 '11 at 01:03

answered Nov 15 '11 at 01:01

Kevin Wan

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '12 at 12:50

if it is an basic msi project you can create in component level

create a folder with component ,assigne your service.exe to the component. then go to component view\select assigned component\advancesettings\services .here you can create the service and also create events which you want to do like install-start

Windows Service Installation using installshield

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