Windows Service cannot install on other platforms

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I created a simple windows service,the platform of the project is Any CPU and i installed my service using installutil.exe command. Then I uninstalled the service and set the platform to X64. But after this, i cannot install the service. I got the following error

Exception occured while initializing the installation: System.BadImageFormatException:Could not load file or assembly -- or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

I want to change the platform to X64 for using some dlls. Please help me.

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c#.netwindows-servicesplatform
Are you using installutil from %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\vX.x.xxx or from %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\vX.x.xxx? – Damien_The_Unbeliever
i have both %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\vX.x.xxx and %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\vX.x.xxx. How can i use the Framework64 version – Aneesh
By specifying the full path to the one you want to use? (Which is pretty well the standard answer to any question about how to select which version of a command line tool will be used) – Damien_The_Unbeliever
it works successfully. I installed using the Framework64 path. But the uninstall fails. – Aneesh
How to uninstall the service using %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\vX.x.xxx. – Aneesh

2 Answers

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You must select the x86 platform, the dll run in mixed mode and will work with your service

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The InstallUtill.exe is platform-speciffic

check this out: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2160932/891715

also, this will get you the correct path to the correct version:

 string InstallUtilPath = Path.Combine(
     System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory(),
     "installutil.exe");

Also a little warning: be especially carefull if you're using the setup project to install your serveces. It embedes installutil into itself (and usually it isn't the correct version...).