Batch Script to Install or Uninstall a .NET Windows Service

Question

I have no experience writing batch scripts, but I was wondering if there was a way to install a .NET Windows service using installutil.exe using such a script, or u

Answer 1

I have found that it is always better to use a good install project that to use batch files for installing an app. There are times though that that can't be done. Several projects at work were written in the days of Windows NT and early Windows XP and use simple batch files for installation. During those times, converting the batch file to an install packed is more trouble than a simple tweak. Through much searching, I have found that http://ss64.com/nt/ is a very good Windows batch file reference. (It just feels strange, with all our advancement in software technolgies, to have to write that last sentence.)

Anyway, Happy Coding! - regardless of the "language".