So I'm creating my first Wix project and I seem to be having a problem executing a custom action. I'm not sure that it's being included in the msi and I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. The f...

When installing af service through cmd.exe the installer requires interaction with the command prompt. Twice i have to press a key to get it to continue. This is a problem for me when I want to aut...

I am pretty sure the answer is so simple but here it is; I'm using TopShelf to install my service and I can succesfully install and run it from command line as MyExecutable.Daemon install MyExe...

I want to pass some custom arguments to the console app when I install and start it as a Windows Service via TopShelf. When I use: MyService install start /fooBar: Test Console application fail...

Generally with services, the task you want to complete is repeated, maybe in a loop or maybe a trigger or maybe something else. I'm using Topshelf to complete a repeated task for me, specifically ...

As in title I would like to ask what is difference between using these possibilities of hosting my code on Windows Service. As far as I can see, all three allow me to create exe which will be insta...

When creating an instance of a service using TopShelf I'd like to be able to access the service instance name(which may have been set on the command line during installation as a service; which mea...

Has anyone had experience with TopShelf when building Windows Services? I keep running into this error when trying to start the service, "Topshelf.HostConfigurators.WindowsServiceDescription ser...

I am trying to use Nancy (using the Self Hosting with Razor views nuget packages) inside of a Topshelf service. I am hosting it on http://localhost:8585/, and it works just fine while I'm in debug ...

I have been looking through the Topshelf code, and notice that it is using an assembly called 'stact.dll'. There does not seem to be a lot of information around on this. It seems to be a library fo...

I'm trying to use the Topshelf hosting application Topshelf.Host.exe to execute my .NET Class Library as a Windows service. http://topshelf-project.com/documentation/shelving/ I'm having trouble h...