Installing a Windows Service

The .NET Framework enables you to create custom installer components. The custom installer components are the classes that an installation tool, such as installutil.exe, can use to properly install an application.

The following three installation components are used when creating an installer for the Windows service applications:

  • The System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller Class— This class creates the records for all the Windows services contained with the application in the Windows service database. You need to have just one instance of the ServiceProcessInstaller class in a Windows service application.

  • The System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller Class— This class writes specific information about a Windows ...

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