ServiceConfig Element

Windows Installer XML

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ServiceConfig Element

Description

Configures a service being installed or one that already exists. This element's functionality is available starting with MSI 5.0.

Windows Installer references

MsiServiceConfig Table

Parents

Component, ServiceInstall

Inner Text

None

Children

Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)

RequiredPrivilege (min: 0, max: unbounded): List of privileges to apply to service.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description
DelayedAutoStart	String	This attribute specifies whether an auto-start service should delay its start until after all other auto-start services. This attribute only affects auto-start services. Allowed values are "yes", "no" or a Formatted property that resolves to "1" (for "yes") or "0" (for "no"). If this attribute is not present the setting is not configured.
FailureActionsWhen	String	This attribute specifies when failure actions should be applied. Allowed values are "failedToStop", "failedToStopOrReturnedError" or a Formatted property that resolves to "1" (for "failedToStopOrReturnedError") or "0" (for "failedToStop"). If this attribute is not present the setting is not configured.
Id	String	Unique identifier for this service configuration. This value will default to the ServiceName attribute if not specified.
OnInstall	YesNoType	Specifies whether to configure the service when the parent Component is installed. This attribute may be combined with OnReinstall and OnUninstall.
OnReinstall	YesNoType	Specifies whether to configure the service when the parent Component is reinstalled. This attribute may be combined with OnInstall and OnUninstall.
OnUninstall	YesNoType	Specifies whether to configure the service when the parent Component is uninstalled. This attribute may be combined with OnInstall and OnReinstall.
PreShutdownDelay	String	This attribute specifies time in milliseconds that the Service Control Manager (SCM) waits after notifying the service of a system shutdown. If this attribute is not present the default value, 3 minutes, is used.
ServiceName	String	Specifies the name of the service to configure. This value will default to the ServiceInstall/@Name attribute when nested under a ServiceInstall element.
ServiceSid	String	Specifies the service SID to apply to the service. Valid values are "none", "restricted", "unrestricted" or a Formatted property that resolves to "0" (for "none"), "3" (for "restricted") or "1" (for "unrestricted"). If this attribute is not present the setting is not configured.

See Also

Wix Schema

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