service-installer

Visual Studio missing "Add Installer" link in service project

I'm building a Windows service and following this MSDN article, but I'm stuck on step 3 under "Create an installer". I can't find the "Add Installer" link it's referring to. I've clicked everywhere, including following the instructions it gives exactly, but I can't seem to find it. A few people on Google have had the same problem, but ne...

TransactedInstaller vs. nested Installer

Is there an difference between this (nested Installer) ServiceInstaller si = new ServiceInstaller(); si.ServiceName = "MyService"; ServiceProcessInstaller spi = new ServiceProcessInstaller(); spi.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem; spi.Installers.Add(si); this.Installers.Add(spi); and this? (TransactedInstaller) TransactedInstal...