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Microsoft Setup Projects for Services and Automatic Removal of Previous Versions

I have an application that runs as a service.

I modified the service installer object to pass customization data to it from the user input screen in the install / install project.

All of this seems to be well separated from the following points:

  • Installation without errors for FREE there is a copy of my service already installed on the client machine, in which case it throws up a window that says it is already present and bomb, although I have the RemovePreviousVersion setting property set to True.
  • When the sussessful install is nearing completion, I get a message indicating that the service cannot be started automatically and cannot be used by NET START or by the service administrator.

So how do I get the automatic removal of the previous version of the service if it is installed?

Also, how do I get it to start the service automatically, or ask the user to restart the computer?

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Are you changing the version of the installer? In the properties window, you need to increase the Version property. It will prompt you to create a new product code. Just click "Yes". See if this works for you.



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