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    copied!<p><strong>Context</strong> </p> <p>Windows 2008 64 bit.<br> I have a .NET service installed that acts as an installer.</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>I'm using this code (credit: Marc Gravell) to install a service:</p> <pre><code>using (var inst = new AssemblyInstaller(typeof(MyNamespace.Program).Assembly, new string[] { })) { IDictionary state = new Hashtable(); inst.UseNewContext = true; try { if (uninstall) { inst.Uninstall(state); } else { inst.Install(state); inst.Commit(state); } } catch { try { inst.Rollback(state); } catch { } throw; } } </code></pre> <p><strong>The Problem</strong></p> <p>All works fine and no exceptions, but right after that, I try to run the following code to start the service just installed:</p> <pre><code>using (var sc = new ServiceController("the service's name")) { sc.Start(); sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)); } </code></pre> <p>And I get an exception:</p> <pre> System.InvalidOperationException: Service [service name goes here] was not found on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service does not exist as an installed service --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GenerateNames() at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.get_ServiceName() at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args) at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start() at ... (my code details) </pre> <p>I don't understand why, because:</p> <ol> <li>The service's name is the exact one as in the <code>ServiceInstaller</code> (in the <code>ServiceName</code> property)</li> <li>The code is executed inside a different service, which runs under <em>Local System</em> account.</li> </ol>
 

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