[wix-users] Custom Account to Install and Start a Custom Windows Server

Ven H venh.123 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 10 08:58:11 PST 2017


No Keith. It works fine without user account. It fails only when there is a
custom user. I will have to try Joseph's suggestion. Anyway, thanks for
your help.

Regards,
Venkatesh

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Douglas, Keith (STATCAN) via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> This error can mean that the service crashed at launch, if I recall.
> Instrument / debug your service and see what is happening.
>
>
> Keith Douglas
>
> Programmer Analyst, Information Technology Operations Divison
> Statistics Canada / Government of Canada
> keith.douglas at canada.ca / 613-854-5589
>
> Programmeur Analyste, Division des opérations des technologies de
> l'information
> Statistiques Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
> keith.douglas at canada.ca / 613-854-5589
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Ven H via wix-users
> Sent: November-10-17 8:11 AM
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> Cc: Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wix-users] Custom Account to Install and Start a Custom Windows
> Server
>
> I have built a custom windows service. I want to install and start this
> service through my WiX installer. I have added an account to the
> ServiceInstall element (domain\username) and the password. But when the
> installer runs, it fails with the message "The service failed to start.
> Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.". I
> even tried adding that account to the machine's admin group, but still no
> luck. Can anyone please help? I tried searching in Google, but didn't get a
> solution that would work for me.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatesh
>
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