How to automatically start your service after install?

Question

How do you automatically start a service after running an install from a Visual Studio Setup Project?

I just figured this one out and thought I would share the answer for the general good. Answer to follow. I am open to other and better ways of doing this.

Answer 1

Add the following class to your project.

using System.ServiceProcess;  

class ServInstaller : ServiceInstaller
{
    protected override void OnCommitted(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
    {
        ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("YourServiceNameGoesHere");
        sc.Start();
    }
}

The Setup Project will pick up the class and run your service after the installer finishes.

Answer 2

thanks it run OK...
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private System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller serviceInstaller1;

private void serviceInstaller1_AfterInstall(object sender, InstallEventArgs e)
{
ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("YourServiceName");
sc.Start();
}

Answer 3

Small addition to accepted answer:

You can also fetch the service name like this - avoiding any problems if service name is changed in the future:

protected override void OnCommitted(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
{
    new ServiceController(serviceInstaller1.ServiceName).Start();
}

(Every Installer has a ServiceProcessInstaller and a ServiceInstaller. Here the ServiceInstaller is called serviceInstaller1.)