Question

How do you automatically start a service after running an install from a Visual Studio Setup Project?

I just figured this one out and thought I would share the answer for the general good. Answer to follow. I am open to other and better ways of doing this.

Answer 1

Add the following class to your project.

using System.ServiceProcess;    class ServInstaller : ServiceInstaller {     protected override void OnCommitted(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)     {         ServiceController sc = new ServiceController('YourServiceNameGoesHere');         sc.Start();     } } 

The Setup Project will pick up the class and run your service after the installer finishes.