How to Reset Windows Service with Windows Installer Xml(WiX)

We will use the sample product.wxs file again to show you how to start/stop Windows Services.

1. Create an xml file: product.wxs(copied from wix.chm)  as below
   This wix file will create an MSI file to copy readme.txt into %sysdrv%/program files/test program/

   <?xml version='1.0'?>
   <WiX xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi'>
      <Product Id='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012' Name='Test Package' Language='1033'
               Version='1.0.0.0' Manufacturer='Microsoft Corporation'>
         <Package Id='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'
                   Description='My first Windows Installer package'
                   Comments='This is my first attempt at creating a Windows Installer database'
                   Manufacturer='Microsoft Corporation' InstallerVersion='200' Compressed='yes' />
    
         <Media Id='1' Cabinet='product.cab' EmbedCab='yes' />
    
         <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
            <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
               <Directory Id='MyDir' Name='TestProg' LongName='Test Program'>
                  <Component Id='MyComponent' Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'>
                     <File Id='readme' Name='readme.txt' DiskId='1' src='readme.txt' />
                  </Component>
               </Directory>
            </Directory>
         </Directory>
    
         <Feature Id='MyFeature' Title='My 1st Feature' Level='1'>
            <ComponentRef Id='MyComponent' />
         </Feature>
      </Product>
   </WiX>

2. Compile WiX Sample:

   c:\wix\candle product.wxs

3. Link WiX object into MSI:

   c:\wix\light product.wixobj 

4. Test your newly created MSI:

   c:\wix\msiexec /i product.msi

5. Now if you want to start or stop services from your MSI, you can use WiX's ServiceControl node.
   

   ServiceControl

   Description

   Starts, stops, and removes services for parent Component. This element is used to control the state of a service installed by the MSI or MSM file by using the start, stop and remove attributes. For example, Start='install' Stop='both' Remove='uninstall' would mean: start the service on install, remove the service when the product is uninstalled, and stop the service both on install and uninstall.

   Parents

   Component

   Inner Text

   None

   Children

   Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)

   1. ServiceArgument (min: 0, max: unbounded): ordered list of arguments when modifying services

   Attributes

   Name	Type	Description	Usage
   Id	xs:string		required
   Name	xs:string		required
   Remove	xs:enumeration	Possible values: {'install', 'uninstall', 'both'}.
   Start	xs:enumeration	Possible values: {'install', 'uninstall', 'both'}.
   Stop	xs:enumeration	Possible values: {'install', 'uninstall', 'both'}.
   Wait	YesNoType

                  

6. Now you can modify product.wxs to control some services. In the sample below, I will show you how to use SericeControl to do an IISRESET with WiX.                  
   
   

                   
                   
   <?xml version='1.0'?>
   <WiX xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi'>
      <Product Id='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012' Name='Test Package' Language='1033'
               Version='1.0.0.0' Manufacturer='Microsoft Corporation'>
         <Package Id='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'
                   Description='My first Windows Installer package'
                   Comments='This is my first attempt at creating a Windows Installer database'
                   Manufacturer='Microsoft Corporation' InstallerVersion='200' Compressed='yes' />
    
         <Media Id='1' Cabinet='product.cab' EmbedCab='yes' />
    
         <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
            <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
               <Directory Id='MyDir' Name='TestProg' LongName='Test Program'>
                  <Component Id='MyComponent' Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'>
                     <File Id='readme' Name='readme.txt' DiskId='1' src='readme.txt' />
                     <ServiceControl Id='ResetWeb' Name='W3SVC' Start='both' Stop='uninstall' Wait='yes'/>
                  </Component>
               </Directory>
            </Directory>
         </Directory>
    
         <Feature Id='MyFeature' Title='My 1st Feature' Level='1'>
            <ComponentRef Id='MyComponent' />
         </Feature>
      </Product>
   </WiX>

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