Windows service installer with InstallShield LE
Windows service installer with InstallShield LE.
How to make a installer with InstallShield LE, to install a windows service.
Microsoft dropped their own installer in Visual Studio 2012. I don't know why because the installer they used up to Visual Studio 2010 worked just fine. It was limited compared to installshield, but it did its job.
It is not very obvious on how to make an installer for a windows service software, you create your self in Microsoft Visual Studio. But when you know it, it only takes one little tick in a tick box to make the installer work for a windows service.
I will demonstrate in this video how to how to create a installer in InstallShield LE for a Windows Service created in Visual Studio. I will also demonstrate that the installer created with InstallShield works. And will end the video by uninstalling the Windows Service.
What you need to replicate what I do in this Video is:
A computer running Microsoft Windows.
Visual Studio 2012
InstallShield LE
A Windows Service created in Visual Studio 2012.
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Windows Service:
In Windows NT operating systems, a Windows service is a computer program that operates in the background.[1] It is similar in concept to a Unix daemon. A Windows service must conform to the interface rules and protocols of the Service Control Manager, the component responsible for managing Windows services.
Windows services can be configured to start when the operating system is started and run in the background as long as Windows is running. Alternatively, they can be started manually or by an event. Windows NT operating systems include numerous services which run in context of three user accounts: System, Network Service and Local Service. These Windows components are often associated with Host Process for Windows Services. Because Windows services operate in the context of their own dedicated user accounts, they can operate when a user is not logged on.
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