I have a .Net Windows service. I want to create an installer to install that windows service.
Basically, it has to do the following:
installutil.exe (Is it required?) installutil.exe MyService.exe Also, I want to provide an uninstaller which runs the following command:
installutil.exe /u MyService.exe
How to do these using Inno Setup?
If you want to avoid reboots when the user upgrades then you need to stop the service before copying the exe and start again after.
There are some script functions to do this at Service - Functions to Start, Stop, Install, Remove a Service
have a look at topshelf http://topshelf-project.com/
it lets you develop your service as a console application
adds a start/stop service as an API to your service...
... that you can call from InnoSetup
[Run] Filename: "{app}\myservice.exe"; Parameters: "stop" ; Flags : waituntilterminated Filename: "{app}\myservice.exe"; Parameters: "uninstall" ; Flags : waituntilterminated Filename: "{app}\myservice.exe"; Parameters: "install -description ""myservice""" ; Flags : waituntilterminated