Trouble with MSI install

[Shilpa]

Hi,

I have created an msi package that installas some .Net dlls. It was
working fine until my windows profile got corrupt and I had to create
a new one after renaming the old. the old profile still exists with a
different name.

Now, when I try to run this msi, it says "The specified service
already exists." and rolls back. There are no entries in the registry
for this msi.

I am all the more surprised, because this is the only msi thats
causing problem. The others seem to be working fine.

Please let me know how to overcome this problem. I am not able to runn
my applications because of this.

Regards,
Shilpa

 

[Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,

it looks like you are running an Installer class during setup which attempts
to install a windows service. If the windows service already exists, it will
produce this error.

You should call the installer directly:

installutil /u dll_containing_installer.dll

Best regards,
Henning