Services

The Services view shows the Windows services included in the MSI and lets you install, configure, or remove them.

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Service settings are stored in the ServiceInstall and ServiceControl tables.

Service fields

Field	Description
Service File	Specifies the path to the service executable.
Service Name	Defines the internal service name.
Display Name	Sets the name shown in Windows Service Manager.
Description	Adds a description for the service.
Arguments	Specifies command-line arguments passed to the service.
Login Name	Defines the user account the service runs under.
Password	Sets the password for the specified login name, if required.
Load Order	Sets the load order group for the service.
Dependencies	Lists the services that must start before this service.

Startup type options

Option	Description
Automatic	Starts the service automatically.
Manual	Starts the service only when requested.
Disabled	Prevents the service from starting.

Error control options

Option	Description
Ignore error	Windows continues even if the service fails to start.
Normal error	Windows logs the error and continues with normal handling.
Critical error	Windows treats the startup failure as critical.

Service type options

Option	Description
Own process	Runs the service in its own process.
Share process	Runs the service in a shared process such as svchost.exe.
Interact process	Allows the service to interact with the desktop.

note

You can also configure services to stop or be deleted during uninstall.