Installing/Uninstalling Services in Windows 7: “Error 1001. The specified service has been marked for deletion”

Question

I am currently developing a Windows Service in .NET 4.0, Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7-32bit. I have an installer project that does the installation for me. When I install the s

Answer 1

I had the same issue with my windows service on my deployment server.

Steps to solve problem:

• Go to install/uninstall wizard in windows
• Click on repair (which will fire custom action of setup)
• After repair try to uninstall that windows service
• it will uninstall perfectly

Hope this will work for you.