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Windows Service Installation Folder .Net

I have a windows service that is hosting a WCF Service Library. Corresponding to this windows service, I have a setup project.

I want to change the default installation folder of the service.
It's fine that I can change while running through the installation wizard.
But what settings I need to change at the project level?

Please guide!

Solution

  • you can can set installation folder in your setup folder where you put output from your service. There are predefined variables for system folders like [ProgramFilesFolder] or [WindowsVolume] which you can use to to construct your path.

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    Using Visual Studio you cann't use direct path. Instead of writing "c:\temp", you have to use some variables like [WindowsVolume]temp. You can bypass this using Orca which is editor for *.msi files. It is part of Windows SDK.

    Locate CustomAction table and change DIRCA_TARGETDIR to whatever you want.

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    Hope this helps.