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I was using the Visual Studio installer project for installing my product. Now it looks like the official approach is to use Install Shield Limited Edition project. Now I checked in the Limited Edition project type, and there does not appear to be a way to install windows service. Also the support for custom action also does not seem to be there. Am I missing something ?. Basically will I be able to do the following -

  1. Create a windows service installer project in Install Shield Limited Edition.
  2. Add custom actions - does not look like
  3. Silent installer.
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  • has your problem sorted ?? – Usman Younas Sep 04 '13 at 09:28
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    possible duplicate of [How do i create an InstallShield LE project to install a windows service?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11994725/how-do-i-create-an-installshield-le-project-to-install-a-windows-service) – bluish Feb 18 '15 at 10:05

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Install Shield limited edition can install windows services out of the box. Take a look at SO:How do i create an InstallShield LE project to install a windows service? to learn how.

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Take a look at:

Augmenting InstallShield using Windows Installer XML - Windows Services

For the links to related posts. Basically LE is limited ( upgrade-ware ) but there are clean ways of extending it if you don't want to upgrade to Professional. ( $1500 )

LE always generates SETUP.EXE's ( MSI's compressed inside ) so silent installation is:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

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