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Asked: 2026-05-11T01:08:38+00:00

I’m building a Windows service and following this MSDN article , but I’m stuck

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I’m building a Windows service and following this MSDN article, but I’m stuck on step 3 under ‘Create an installer’. I can’t find the ‘Add Installer’ link it’s referring to. I’ve clicked everywhere, including following the instructions it gives exactly, but I can’t seem to find it. A few people on Google have had the same problem, but never found a solution (other than adding the ServiceInstaller object and configuring it manually).

Has anybody else had this problem and found a reason? I’m using VS2008 and targeting .Net 2.0 if it matters.

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  1. The ‘Gray area’ they’re talking about is the Commands panel from Properties of the Properties panel (not a typo). It is not very useful so you have probably shut it off, I did.

    You can either re-enable it by right-clicking the Properties panel and selecting ‘Commands’, or add an Installer project directly by right-clicking the Service design view (the big tan window with ‘To add components to your class…’) and selecting ‘Add Installer’.

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