I've seen it said often enough that use of InstallUtil (and self-registering 
components in general) in custom actions isn't a good idea. In my google 
searches, I have found this quote from Rob to the effect that

"My suggestion (which is rarely popular <smile/>) is to just do the right thing 
the first time and save yourself the time you'll spend later trying to manage
the InstallUtil hack."

I accept this and want to do the right thing. Problem is, I'm not clear on what 
the right thing is... I'm trying to repackage an installer a co-worker built 
with VS.NET because there's some manual setup that needs to be automated once 
it's been installed. Unfortunately, it's got a number of .NET assemblies that 
need to be installed (of which one or more are services), and VS.NET uses the 
InstallUtil hack.

How would one go about doing the "right thing" in this situation? Is this a 
matter of having to know how to write .NET code that plays nice with Windows 
Installer? How would one use the ServiceInstall and ServiceControl elements on 
.NET assemblies instead of InstallUtil? Is that even possible?

I don't mean to come off as rude here... I just can't seem to formulate the 
correct Google search to get at this information. Even pointers on where to 
look 
for the information would be useful... And as always, I greatly appreciate any 
help you all could provide.

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