Install and Uninstall Your Windows Service Using Pre-build and Post-Build Events

Question

I have these scripts in pre-build and post-build events of visual studio for uninstalling and installing windows service

%WinDir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil /u "$(TargetPath)"

%WinDir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil "$(TargetPath)"

When I build first time it works;

When I rebuild, I get this file not found exception System.IO.FileNotFoundException : Could not load file or assembly ' file:///C:\\Projects\\DeviceManagement.ServiceHost\\bin\\Debug\\DeviceManagement.ServiceHost.exe ' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified..

I can see this exe file in my debug folder though.

Answer 1

Rebuild does a clean, so it makes sense that the output isn't going to be there on pre-build. No need to do anything in the pre-build event.