c# windows service, how to install on different machine?

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so i can use installutil to install the service on the machine the service
was written on, but how can i take the EXE and install on another computer
that doesnt have installutil?

am i limited to the ms command line utilities that normally install exe's as
services?
 
Every setup tool I've ever seen has a way to install a service, and that
includes VS 2005 setup&deployment projects, so I'd start there.
 
You could give your exe a "-install" command line argument.

.... at which point, it would go out and register itself as a service. No
trouble.

The Service class has everything you need to install / uninstall a service.
 
so i can use installutil to install the service on the machine the service
was written on, but how can i take the EXE and install on another computer
that doesnt have installutil?

am i limited to the ms command line utilities that normally install exe's as
services?
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If the target machine has the .Net framework properly installed, then
InstallUtil will be present there.

Chris
 
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