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I’m using an MSI installer (built with the WiX ServiceInstall element) to deploy a Windows Service. The service installs correctly, and I start it manually in the Services.

When uninstalling the MSI through “Add or Remove Programs,” I encounter two scenarios:

1: Service not Running: If the service is not running, the MSI uninstalls cleanly (this works as expected).

2: Service running: If the service is running, the MSI still stops and service is removed automatically.

I want when the service is running it should show below default windows message box.

Image of default windows message box

Code for the Service Installation:

new ServiceInstaller
{
    Name = "IP.ServiceInstaller.exe",
    DisplayName = "[IASSERVICENAME]",
    Description = "This is a Service",
    StartOn = null, //set it to null if you don't want service to start as during deployment
    StopOn = SvcEvent.InstallUninstall,
    RemoveOn = SvcEvent.Uninstall_Wait,
    DelayedAutoStart = false,
    ServiceSid = ServiceSid.none,
    FirstFailureActionType = FailureActionType.restart,
    SecondFailureActionType = FailureActionType.restart,
    ThirdFailureActionType = FailureActionType.runCommand,
    RestartServiceDelayInSeconds = 30,
    ResetPeriodInDays = 1,
    PreShutdownDelay = 1000 * 60 * 3,
    Account = "[USERNAME]",
    Password = "[PASSWORD]"
}),

What are the changes should be for the given code?

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  • I don't think is possible because is a service and not an application. What u presented on top is the normal flow of installing/uninstalling a service. Commented Apr 24 at 7:22
  • Can’t we change the StopOn or RemoveOn properties to prevent the service from being removed automatically and instead show the above Windows “service in use” message? Commented Apr 24 at 7:28
  • While this is not a direct answer, it's not specific to WiX, you can control the service and not remove it during an uninstall using the Windows installer ServiceInstall table, learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/…. Without looking myself I'm sure there is a direct way to control this with WiX that just builds Windows installer MSIs. Commented Apr 28 at 11:12
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