Batch Script to Install or Uninstall a .NET Windows Service

Question

I have no experience writing batch scripts, but I was wondering if there was a way to install a .NET Windows service using installutil.exe using such a script, or u

Answer 1

I did this with an old fashioned batch file....

Copy the installutil.exe into the same directory as your executable (to make things easier) The following is a generic example of the contents of the batch file necessary: (mine was just names instal.bat)

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installutil MyService.exe 
sc config MyService type= interact type= own
sc failure MyService reset= 6000  actions= restart/5000/restart/5000/restart/5000
sc start MyService 

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For more info on command line options for installutil.exe, see here.

To uninstall the service, use a different batch file with the following contents:

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installutil MyService.exe /u

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