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How to resolve "'installutil' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."?


Just tried to run an application via the following:

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I have browsed to the directory with an app WindowsService1.exe in it, then tried the command Installutil WindowsService1.exe but got the following error...

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As VS has only been installed for a day or two I'm worried that something may be wrong with that install as it should recognise installutil.

Are there some basic diagnostics I can perform to ensure that VS Command Prompt is finding all the programs that it should ?

EDIT

If i run PATH in the command prompt I see the following:

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Solution

  • This is a tiny bit off-topic but I've stopped using InstallUtil to install my services. It's is really easy to just add it to the service itself. Add a reference to System.Configuration.Install (not available in the Client Profile editions if I remember right) and then update your Main()-function in Program.cs like this.

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        if (Environment.UserInteractive) {
            var parameter = string.Concat(args);
            switch (parameter) {
                case "--install":
                    ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(new[] { Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });
                    break;
                case "--uninstall":
                    ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(new[] { "/u", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });
                    break;
            }
        } else {
            ServiceBase[] servicesToRun = { 
                new Service1() 
            };
            ServiceBase.Run(servicesToRun);
        }
    }
    

    Then you can just call WindowsService1.exe with the --install argument and it will install the service and you can forget about InstallUtil.exe.