ServiceConfigFailureActions Element

Windows Installer XML

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ServiceConfigFailureActions Element

Description

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

Windows Installer references

MsiServiceConfigFailureActions Table

Parents

Component, ServiceInstall

Inner Text

None

Children

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

Failure (min: 0, max: unbounded): Ordered list of failure actions to apply to service.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description
Command	String	This attribute specifies command to execute when a "runCommand" failure action hit. If an empty string is provided it clears the existing command. If this attribute is not present the setting is not changed.
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.
RebootMessage	String	Specifies the message to show for a reboot failure action. If an empty string is provided it clears any existing reboot message. If this attribute is not present the setting is not changed.
ResetPeriod	String	Specifies the time in seconds to reset the failure count. If this attribute is not present the failure count will not be reset.
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.

See Also

Wix Schema

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