I follow Kelsey's first set of steps to add the installer classes to my service project, but instead of creating an MSI or setup.exe installer I make the service self installing/uninstalling. Here's a bit of sample code from one of my services you can use as a starting point. public static int Main(string[] args) if ( System. Environment. User Interactive) / we only care about the first two characters string arg = args[0]. To Lower Invariant. Substring(0, 2 switch (arg) case /i : / install return Install Service case /u : / uninstall return Uninstall Service default: / unknown option Console. Write Line( Argument not recognized: 0, args[0] Console. Write Line(string. Empty Display Usage return 1; else / run as a standard service as we weren't started by a user Service Base. Run(new CSMessage Queue Service return 0; private static int Install Service var service = new My Service try / perform specific install steps for our queue service. service. Install Service / install the service with the Windows Service Control Manager ( SCM) Managed Installer Class. Install Helper(new string[] Assembly. Get Executing Assembly. Location catch ( Exception ex) if (ex. Inner Exception!= null Console. Write Line( Error(0x 0: X Service already installed!, wex. Error Code return wex. Error Code; else Console. Write Line(ex. To String return -1; return 0; private static int Uninstall Service var service = new My Queue Service try / perform specific uninstall steps for our queue service service. Uninstall Service / uninstall the service from the Windows Service Control Manager ( SCM) Managed Installer Class. Install Helper(new string[] /u, Assembly. Get Executing Assembly. Location catch ( Exception ex) if (ex. Inner Exception. Get Type = typeof( Win32 Exception).
Select Language: Download Close Service Pack 1 for. NET Framework 2.0 Details Version: SP1 File Name: Net Fx20 SP1_x86.exe Date Published: File Size:23.6 MB Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 provides cumulative roll-up updates for customer reported issues found after the release of Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0. In addition, this release provides security improvements, and prerequisite feature support for. NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1, and. NET Framework 3.5. System Requirements Supported Operating System Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Service Pack 2 Software: On Windows Server 2000 SP4, install KB 835732 before installing. NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1. Processor: 400 MHz Pentium processor or equivalent ( Minimum 1 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent ( Recommended) RAM:96 MB ( Minimum 256 MB ( Recommended) Hard Disk: Up to 500 MB of available space may be required CD or DVD Drive: Not required Display: 800 x 600, 256 colors ( Minimum 1024 x 768 high color, 32-bit ( Recommended) Install Instructions Important: Make sure you have the latest service pack and critical updates for the version of Windows on the computer. To look for recent updates, visit Windows Update. In addition, make sure you have Windows Installer 3.1 installed before you install this service pack. Click the Download button on this page to start the download To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save. To cancel the installation, click Cancel. Related Resources Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86) Lang Pack KB Articles Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x64) Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 ( IA64).
Download Now