Re: [WiX-devs] how to stop msiserver "net stop msiserver"

[Blair <os...@li...>]

1. This is a question more suited for wix-users than wix-devs. Or, better
yet, it is a Windows Installer question more than a WiX one.
2. The MSISERVER service is used by the entire InstallExecuteSequence
sequence and Windows Installer already takes care to deal with two
scenarios:
   a. It ensures that transactions using it are system-wide singletons.
   b. It automatically accepts the next transaction when the last one ends,
so it does NOT have to be stopped for a new transaction to start. In fact,
it disables STOP while transactions are running, and reenables STOP when it
idles waiting for new transactions. It has a timeout on the idle to stop
automatically if no new transactions are requested while it is idle (this is
done for performance reasons, to avoid the time spent stopping/restarting
the service).

-----Original Message-----
From: softcoder [mailto:ara...@ya...] 
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:29 PM
To: wix...@li...
Subject: [WiX-devs] how to stop msiserver "net stop msiserver"


I tried using 
1. <ServiceControl Id='STOPMSISERVER' Name='msiserver' Stop='install'
Wait='yes'/> ----THis takes a while and reports cant be done while
installing.
2. I tried customaction like the one below.
        <CustomAction Id="CA1" Property="CA1_PROP"
Value="[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" />
        <CustomAction Id="CA2" Property="CA1_PROP" ExeCommand="&quot;/c net
stop msiserver&quot;" />
        <InstallExecuteSequence>
            <Custom Action="CA1" After="InstallExecute" />
            <Custom Action="CA2" After="CA1" />
        </InstallExecuteSequence>
For this i get error, Error 1722.

Any help how do i stop the service before i start my installation? I ran
out.. Thanks
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