Installing windows service error - 'installutil.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command

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I have created Windows Service in Visual Studio 2015 (Professional), .NET version: 4.5.2
But I am not able to install this windows service on my machine.

Followed below mentioned steps to install Windows Service

1. Start >> All Programs >> Visual Studio 2015 >> Visual Studio Tools >> Right Click "Developer Command Prompt for VS2015" and click "Run as administrator"

2. In VS 2015 Command Prompt, typed location of windows service. I.e. "CD C:\Sandbox\WindowServices\MyNewService\MyNewService\bin\Debug"

3. Typed >> InstallUtil.exe “MyNewService.exe” command

Step 3 is supposed to install Windows Service, but, instead I get error "'InstallUtil.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."

---------------------------- More Info ------------------
Local machine configuration:
OS: Windows 7 Enterprise
System Type: 64 bit
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Location of InstallUtil.exe: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

Seeking for help on urgent basis.

Thanks in advance

What I have tried:

1. Initially windows service was at D Drive, moved it to C drive, still same error
2. Moved Windows service exe to InstallUtil location and both CD command for util location and InstallUtil.exe “MyNewService.exe”, but get error "file not found" for the window service exe
3. Tried to install window service through a batch file found through google, it gives same error as "File Not Found"
4. Searched other options on Google, but nothing seems specific to my problem.

Note: When I open VS2015 Command Prompt it shows "ERROR: Cannot determine the location of the VS Common Tools folder." Is this culprit in my case? If so how to solve this error in command prompt.

Posted 6-Sep-16 23:07pm

sopy7

Updated 10-Oct-19 2:19am

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NaibedyaKar · Answer 1 · 2016-09-07T00:16:00

Solution 1

You should first navigate to the path where InstallUtil.exe is present on your system and then run the commands.

For you the file is presnet under C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

So open command prompt as administrator and then type

cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

From there you can use

JavaScript

'InstallUtil.exe MyNewService.exe'

Posted 7-Sep-16 0:16am

NaibedyaKar

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sopy7 7-Sep-16 6:55am

@NaibedyaKar: You are almost correct,
Typing "cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319" will give access to InstallUtil.exe location.
But typing 'InstallUtil.exe MyNewService.exe' will give "File Not Found" error.
Instead will have to type entire path of windows service after installUtil.exe command. I.e. Executing below two lines successfully installs windows service on my machine

1. cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
2. InstallUtil.exe C:\Sandbox\Window
Services\MyNewService\MyNewService\bin\Debug\MyNewService.exe

Kamal Anass 28-May-17 10:50am

Exception occurred while initializing the installation:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\anass\OneDrive\Documents\visual' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified..

NaibedyaKar 7-Sep-16 7:12am

yes, you will have to provide the entire path for your exe. Else how it will know the path :).

Glad that it worked for you.

sopy7 8-Sep-16 2:11am

Thanks for your help.

smaeily · Answer 2 · 2018-09-05T01:13:00

Solution 2

right-click on the file and open Properties. You may see a message – This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer. Click on the Unblock button and then on Apply/OK

then try to install service again

Posted 5-Sep-18 1:13am

smaeily

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Richard Deeming 5-Sep-18 12:41pm

If that was the problem, you wouldn't get the error message that was clearly mentioned in the question title. You seem to be replying to the comment from Kamal Anass, rather than the original question.

If you read the comments to solution 1, you'll see that the problem has already been solved.

Member 14506272 · Answer 3 · 2019-06-19T19:21:00

Steps for Installing the InstallUtil.exe

1. Start >> All Programs >> Visual Studio 2015 >> Visual Studio Tools >> Right Click "Developer Command Prompt for VS2015" and click "Run as administrator"

2. In VS 2015 Command Prompt, typed the location of .Net FrameWork. I.e. "CD C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319"

3. InstallUtil.exe "E:\MyNewService\MyNewService\bin\Debug\MyNewService.exe"

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