How to change the Windows service startup type in a WiX installer

Question

We need to modify the Startup type of our Windows service from \"Automatic\" to \"Automatic Delayed Start\". How do I do this?

My code is like this:

Answer 1

If you need to support really old versions of Windows, then you will need to set it with a reg-value, because MSI < 5.0 doesn't recognize this option with ServiceConfig. Otherwise, you should use the ServiceConfig method.

<RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[ServiceName]"
               Type="integer" Name="DelayedAutostart" Value="1"/>

I put this in the same component as the ServiceInstall, and everything seems to work fine. I imagine you could do the same thing for the service restart time.

Answer 2

Place a ServiceConfig element within the ServiceInstall element.

<ServiceConfig DelayedAutoStart="yes" OnInstall="yes" OnReinstall ="yes" />