Visual Studio missing “Add Installer” link in service project

Question

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 refer

Answer 1

The "Gray area" they're talking about is the Commands panel from Properties of the Properties panel (not a typo). It is not very useful so you have probably shut it off, I did.

You can either re-enable it by right-clicking the Properties panel and selecting "Commands", or add an Installer project directly by right-clicking the Service design view (the big tan window with "To add components to your class...") and selecting "Add Installer".