Setup Project for Windows Service won't build under Server 2008 (Visual Studio 2008)

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We've got new machines here for doing development on running Server 2008.

With Visual Studio 2008 we're having problems building a Setup Project which installs the Windows Service - Under Custom Actions then Uninstall, "InstallerClass property is only valid for assemblies".

This builds and installs fine on XP SP3.

Has anybody else had any similar problems?

Workstation OS: Server 2008

Software: Visual Studio 2008

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How about providing some information about the problem you're having???? - John Saunders
what do you think the post contents is? - Gareth Evans
Gareth - what John is referring to is to specific errors that you get when the build fails, or any other symptoms that you can provide other than "it wont build" - Matt
Accepted. I think maybe the project containing your installer class didn't build, or at any rate, the assembly being referenced in the custom action Uninstall property cannot be found. - John Saunders

4 Answers

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Make sure you add the service in the custom actions otherwise the service will not be registered. Other than that, are you having any compilation errors?

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I recommend against using the VS install project. Use Wix instead, it's easier than you think.

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I did find this - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/447a3y7x(VS.71).aspx

Ive made the changes to the Solution and now waiting for it to be tested on a Server 2008 machine - Im still on XP SP3.

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I was getting this error when running commandline devenv.exe to build a .vdproj file (in Nant scripts). The problem was I was not also building the dependant project first, so once that was done it worked fine.

It had nothing to do with the configuration of the InstallerClass property after all.