Different Chad here, but another thing I've run into was the service having a dependency on another service, like RPCSS.EXE. In code it looks something like this
<ServiceDependency Id="RPCSS" /> Without this entry on the services they would fail with the same error, if I recall. Not sure if Reflector/Depends would show this sort of thing or not. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:57 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems installing a windows service Just FYI, that error message you get is the generic, "Something went wrong starting this service". It's quite maddening because you have to hunt down the real issue. 80% of the time it's what Chad suggests. -----Original Message----- From: Chad Miles [mailto:chad.mi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 07:51 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems installing a windows service Have you run depends/reflector on your file to see if your missing any dependencies by chance? On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Thomas Due <thomas....@scanvaegt.dk> wrote: > I am currently experimenting with WiX to see if it is something we can > use for our next generation software. > > > > My immediate thought was to simply build the complete installation from > ground-up in small steps. > > > > This have worked fine so far, now I have run into a problem though, when > I try to install a Windows Service I get this error: > > > > Service "My Name Server" (NSEngine) could not be installed. Verify that > you have sufficient privileges to install system services. > > > > The problem is, I DO have sufficient privileges to install services, at > least I haven't had any problems using the InstallUtil. > > The services have been created with VS2008 and .NET 3.5 (C#). > > > > If I use InstallUtil, they install fine, but I thought I would try doing > it the "right" way. > > > > Here is the code I am currently using: > > > > <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR"> > > <Component Id="NameServiceComponent" > Guid="53398A87-395B-4DA8-A475-04684FE5DE20"> > > <File Id="NSEngine" > > Name="$(var.NSEngine.TargetFileName)" > > Source="$(var.NSEngine.TargetPath)" DiskId="1" > KeyPath="yes" /> > > > > <ServiceInstall Id="NSEngineInstall" > > DisplayName="My Name Server" > > Name="NSEngine" > > ErrorControl="normal" > > Start="auto" > > Type="ownProcess" > > Account="Network Service" > > Vital="yes" > > Interactive="no"/> > > > > <ServiceControl Id="NSEngineControl" > > Name="NSEngine" > > Start="install" > > Stop="both" > > Remove="uninstall" /> > > </Component> > > </DirectoryRef> > > > > <Feature Id="MainFeature" Title="Main Feature" Level="1"> > > <ComponentRef Id="NameServiceComponent"/> > > </Feature> > > > > What I am doing wrong? > > > > TYI > > Thomas Due > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Chad E. Miles Software Engineer, Development Interactive Intelligence, Inc. chad.mi...@inin.com 317.715.8280 Office/Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
