How can I install a windows service onto a machine that doesn't have Visual Studio installed?

Question

The only way to install windows-service I know is using \"Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt\", Is there a way to install windows-service on a machine which isn\

Answer 1

Open a command prompt (cmd) and type

help sc

and

sc create

In additon the installutil.exe you're probably talking about is really just in the .Net Framework directory. The command prompt of VS just sets up a nice path, but you can launch it from (my path) C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 just fine.