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i am not quite sure where to start debugging this problem.
i have written a windows service in vb.net. it is like many i have written before, but this one is behaving differently.
when installed on a 3rd server, the server prompted for a system restart. it did not make such a request on other servers.
i need to determine what my installation package is attempting to modify that would instigate a system restart. where do i start to look to figure this out?
thanks.
In the service explorer find your service, right click it, and choose properties. In the properties window click the recovery tab.
thanks wild bill for your reply.
that tab allows me to control what my service does in the event on an error.
what i need to determine is why my server, at the last dialog of my service installation, prompted for a reboot. my installation package must of requested a change somewhere, a registry change, another module startup, a registration, something. i am sure it could be many reasons. how might i determine which?
An install log gets created. You could compare it against the logs of your other servers.
thanks wild bill!
that is exactally the kind of help i am looking for.
where might i find such an installation log?
If you are using installutil to install the service, a file named yourfilename.installlog in the directory you ran the utility
on my local development workstation, i installed the service by right-clicking on my setup project from within visual studio and selecting install. there was no install log created. is there a parameter or setting somewhere than i need to enable?
i do not have access to the other servers, which used my setup package. i do not know if log files were created there.
I would do a search for *.installlog to see if one was created. If one was not created, ask the end user to install via installutil. Here are directions http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/3441/3/