Installing .NET Windows Service

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Apparently the problem was because I did not have an Installer attached to the service.

Here is the tutorial I used to add a Service Installer and so on.

You might need to refresh the services.msc window, sometimes it doesnt update it if you have it open all the time. Hit F5 to refresh to the window and see if its there.

can we see the code?

What do you have for the Description attribute? Have you clicked F5 (Refresh) in the Services MMC?

public class WindowsServiceInstallerEx : ServiceInstaller
{

  [ComponentModel.Description("A lengthy description of the service that will display in the Description column of the Services MMC applet.")]
  public string ServiceDescription
  {
    get { return serviceDescription; }
    set { serviceDescription = value; }
  }

  public override void Install(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
  {
    base.Install (stateSaver);

    Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey serviceKey = null;
    try
    {
      string strKey = string.Format(@"System\CurrentControlSet\Services\{0}", this.ServiceName);

      serviceKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(strKey, true);
      serviceKey.SetValue("Description", this.ServiceDescription);
    }
    finally
    {
      if (serviceKey != null)
        serviceKey.Close();
    }
  }

  private string serviceDescription;
}