ServiceControl Element

Windows Installer XML (WiX) v3.0

ServiceControl Element

Description

Starts, stops, and removes services for parent Component. This element is used to control the state of a service installed by the MSI or MSM file by using the start, stop and remove attributes. For example, Start='install' Stop='both' Remove='uninstall' would mean: start the service on install, remove the service when the product is uninstalled, and stop the service both on install and uninstall.

Windows Installer references

ServiceControl Table

Parents

Component

Inner Text

None

Children

Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)

ServiceArgument (min: 0, max: unbounded): Ordered list of arguments used when modifying services.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String		Yes
Name	String	Name of the service.	Yes
Remove	Enumeration	Specifies whether the service should be removed on install, uninstall or both. This attribute's value must be one of the following: install The service will be deleted by the DeleteServices action during install. uninstall The service will be deleted by the DeleteServices action during uninstall. both The service will be deleted by the DeleteServices action during install and uninstall.
Start	Enumeration	Specifies whether the service should be started on install, uninstall or both. This attribute's value must be one of the following: install The service will be started by the StartServices action during install. uninstall The service will be started by the StartServices action during uninstall. both The service will be started by the StartServices action during install and uninstall.
Stop	Enumeration	Specifies whether the service should be stopped on install, uninstall or both. This attribute's value must be one of the following: install The service will be stopped by the StopServices action during install. uninstall The service will be stopped by the StopServices action during uninstall. both The service will be stopped by the StopServices action during install and uninstall.
Wait	YesNoType	Specifies whether or not to wait for the service to complete before continuing.

See Also

Wix Schema

previous page start next page