How to uninstall a windows service and delete its files without rebooting

Question

My current project involves deploying an upgraded .exe file that runs as a Windows Service. In order to overwrite the existing .exe with the new version, I currently need to:

Answer 1

If in .net ( I'm not sure if it works for all windows services)

• Stop the service (THis may be why you're having a problem.)
• InstallUtil -u [name of executable]
• Installutil -i [name of executable]
• Start the service again...

Unless I'm changing the service's public interface, I often deploy upgraded versions of my services without even unistalling/reinstalling... ALl I do is stop the service, replace the files and restart the service again...