Services View

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

Edition • The Express edition of InstallShield includes support for installing a service during installation, and removing the service during uninstallation. It also has support for optionally starting the service after installing it, starting it automatically every time that the system starts, or starting it on demand (when the service is requested through the Service Control Manager).

The Premier and Professional editions of InstallShield include additional flexibility for services. These editions enable you to start, stop, or delete the service during installation or uninstallation. These editions also let you configure extended service customization options that are available with Windows Installer 5. In addition, the Premier and Professional editions let you configure a service that is already present on the target system.

You can use the Services view to specify information about a service that you want to install during installation and remove during uninstallation. To add the service, first add the service executable file to your project through the Files view. Then, in the Services view, right-click the Services node and then click Add Service. Next specify the service name for the service that you are configuring. The name that you enter must match the name that is shown on the service’s Properties dialog box.

Note • A service must be a single executable file (.exe), since the Windows Installer does not support driver services.

You must be familiar with the technical details of your service before you can configure its settings.

For details about each of the settings that you can configure for a service, see Services View Settings.

See Also

Installing and Configuring Windows Services

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