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bornali
Level 5
‎Sep 15, 2009 07:44 PM

test to see if a service is installed and/or running

Hi All,

my issue is similar to http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=99315&highlight=check+windows+service+started
but it is an old thread and the link there to doc is not available. I am using IS2009, basic MSI.

Can someone please tell me what i need to do to check if a certain service is running and if it is, then not proceed with the installation (it needs to be stopped by the user), else proper deployment does not occur.
Note the installer should not do the start/stop. I just want the installation to stop (with a message) to the user if that service is running. Also if possible to first check if the app (of windows service) was installed.

thank you.
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J_anitha
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‎Sep 16, 2009 03:55 AM

You can use ServiceGetServiceState(). You will get more information on this in Help.
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