Issues with installutil.exe in windows services.

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Hi,
I have developed a windows service where in a auto email functionality is incorporated. When i build the solution it didn't gave me any error but asked me to install the service using installutil.exe. When I tried doing that it gives me error that one of the dependencies is missing or the path i am providing is incorrect. I am not getting what am I missing ? Please Help

Posted 4-Jul-12 18:40pm

Taresh Uppal

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AmitGajjar 5-Jul-12 0:48am

Please post the command through you are installing service.

Taresh Uppal 5-Jul-12 0:53am

installutil.exe "C:Document and Settings\taresh\Desktop"
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the system cannot find the file speciified

Swaminathan_K 5-Jul-12 7:23am

Try this

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727> InstallUtil.exe -i "C:Document and Settings\taresh\Desktop\....somepath..\bin\release\servicefilename.exe"

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2012-07-04T19:01:00

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The command line for InstallUtil installing a service is :

c:\> InstallUtil.exe -i "c:\somepath\servicefilename.exe"

Posted 4-Jul-12 19:01pm

Mehdi Gholam

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Taresh Uppal 5-Jul-12 1:03am

in my project setup folder i m not able to find this .exe file. Have i not coded this windows service properly ???

Mehdi Gholam 5-Jul-12 1:06am

InstallUtil is in the SDK folder for .net, you must add it to your setup builder so it will be on the target system when installing.

Taresh Uppal 5-Jul-12 1:08am

Sir could you explain how to do it ? Actually I am a web developer and coding something on windows is new for me. PLease explain !

Mehdi Gholam 5-Jul-12 1:17am

Read this : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317421

Taresh Uppal 5-Jul-12 2:59am

I have followed all the steps so far for developing this service still I am not getting success !