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?

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Answer 1

Small addition to accepted answer:

You can also fetch the service name like this - avoiding any problems if service name is changed in the future:

protected override void OnCommitted(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
{
    new ServiceController(serviceInstaller1.ServiceName).Start();
}

(Every Installer has a ServiceProcessInstaller and a ServiceInstaller. Here the ServiceInstaller is called serviceInstaller1.)