How to automatically start your service after install?

Question

How do you automatically start a service after running an install from a Visual Studio Setup Project?

I just figured this one out and thought I would share the answe

Answer 1

This approach uses the Installer class and the least amount of code.

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Configuration.Install;
using System.ServiceProcess;

namespace MyProject
{
    [RunInstaller(true)]
    public partial class ProjectInstaller : Installer
    {
        public ProjectInstaller()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            serviceInstaller1.AfterInstall += (sender, args) => new ServiceController(serviceInstaller1.ServiceName).Start();
        }
    }
}

Define serviceInstaller1 (type ServiceInstaller) in the Installer class designer and also set its ServiceName property in the designer.