Is there a way to Stop a running service during an update?

[CHUG1008]

I have a windows service that I need to update periodically. However, if the service is running when updating you get prompted to stop the service. Is there a way to Stop the service using the update?

Help is always appreciated.

[Daniel]

Hello,

I'm afraid we don't have support for this. However, in order to achieve what you want you can add, in your upgraded installation package, a custom action to stop the service, scheduled before "Install Execution Stage -> Preparing" action group, using a condition like this:

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Also, we already have an improvement regarding this (add a predefined custom action to start/stop/restart a service) on our TODO list, which will be available on a future version of Advanced Installer.

All the best,
Daniel

[CHUG1008]

Thanks for the quick response. It's always appreciated.

[Daniel]

You're welcome.

All the best,
Daniel

[Ruben]

We are looking for the same.
Is there a new "best practice" ?

-- Thank you --
Ruben

[adamdc78]

Calling the service's shutdown from a custom action should do the trick. C# actions are wonderful for accomplishing such tasks and can wait/timeout very reliably.

[Ruben]

As Daniel said in 2013:

...we already have an improvement regarding this (add a predefined custom action to start/stop/restart a service) on our TODO list...

There's also a predefined "Stop Service" action in our AdvancedInstaller edition, which identifies the service by its name. I assume this is the most convenient way, currently.

Ruben

[Daniel]

Hello Ruben,

Yes, you are right. Currently you can use our predefined "Stop service" custom action.

All the best,
Daniel