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How does one stop a Windows service to do an upgrade install?

I have developed a Windows service along with a setup project using Visual Studio 2008. When I do an upgrade install I get the following warning:

The following applications are using files which the installer must update. You can either close the applications and click "Try Again", or click "Continue" so that the installer continues the installation, and replaces these files when your system restarts.

I would like to stop the Windows service during the upgrade install. I have tried creating a custom action and overriding the OnBeforeInstall methoc, however this gets called too late after the warning pop-up message has already occurred.

Is there any way to accomplish this as part of the msi installer. I would prefer to not have to do this as a separate task prior to executing the msi installer.

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