[wix-users] ServiceConfigFailureActions

[Stephen Woolhead]

Hi, is there a fundemental problem with ServiceConfigFailureActions?


I have the following (simplified) in a wxs:


           <Component >
                <File Source="Service.exe" KeyPath="yes" />
                <ServiceInstall Name="ess" >
                    <ServiceDependency Id="MSMQ"/>
                    <ServiceConfig DelayedAutoStart="yes"  OnInstall="yes" OnReinstall="yes" OnUninstall="yes"  />
                    <ServiceConfigFailureActions OnInstall="yes" OnReinstall="yes" OnUninstall="yes" ResetPeriod="180">
                        <Failure Action="restartService" Delay="20" />
                        <Failure Action="restartService" Delay="20" />
                    </ServiceConfigFailureActions>
                </ServiceInstall>
                <ServiceControl Name="ess"  Remove="uninstall" Stop="both" />
            </Component>


If I remove the failure elements, then the install works, with them in place I get

MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Changing configuration of service ess.
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Changed configuration of service ess with ConfigType SERVICE_CONFIG_DELAYED_AUTO_START_INFO
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Done changing configuration of service ess
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Executing op: ServiceConfigureFailureAction(,Name=ess,Event=7,ResetPeriod=180,RebootMessage=[~],Command=[~],Actions=1[~]1,DelayActions=20[~]20)
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Changing configuration of failure action for service ess.
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Error: 5. Failed to change current configuration of failure action for service ess
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:48:22:468]: Failed to change configuration of failure action for service ess
MSI (c) (D0:E0) [16:48:22:468]: Font created.  Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg

Error 1939. Service 'ESS' (ess) could not be configured.  This could be a problem with the package or your permissions. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to configure system services.
MSI (s) (14:18) [16:49:22:611]: Product: Service Components V2.9.3 (INTERNAL BUILD) -- Error 1939. Service 'ESS' (ess) could not be configured.  This could be a problem with the package or your permissions. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to configure system services.

Action ended 16:49:22: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.

I'm running this MSI via msiexec as a local (elevated) admin on 2012-R2.

I can see a lot of similar issues on google, but none of them that I can see have an actual answer to this, the all seem to say use utils:ServiceConfig

Thanks,

Stephen.