Okay, I have a major problem and I'd be extremely grateful if somebody could help me please :)
I deleted the executable file of my program and replaced it with an updated file, forgetting to uninstall my service. When I remembered, in the panic, I tried to uninstall the service with the newer executable. This didn't work and so I restored the old file from the Recycle Bin and tried again; this also did not work. With the file - and I'm sure this is the file I first deleted - I keep getting the following error when trying to uninstall using InstallUtil: "An exception occurred while uninstalling. This exception will be ignored and the uninstall will continue. However, the application might not be fully uninstalled after the uninstall is complete."
The service is still there and it appears to be able to start and work fine, but it just won't uninstall.
Does anybody else know what I could possibly try please? I've searched around and I can't seem to find any solutions which work. I imagine there might be things I can do in the registry? Either way, I'd like to get this problem corrected with no more problems caused because it is on a server at work.
Any help will be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance :happy:
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Okay, I have a major problem and I'd be extremely grateful if somebody could help me please :)
I deleted the executable file of my program and replaced it with an updated file, forgetting to uninstall my service. When I remembered, in the panic, I tried to uninstall the service with the newer executable. This didn't work and so I restored the old file from the Recycle Bin and tried again; this also did not work. With the file - and I'm sure this is the file I first deleted - I keep getting the following error when trying to uninstall using InstallUtil: "An exception occurred while uninstalling. This exception will be ignored and the uninstall will continue. However, the application might not be fully uninstalled after the uninstall is complete."
The service is still there and it appears to be able to start and work fine, but it just won't uninstall.
Does anybody else know what I could possibly try please? I've searched around and I can't seem to find any solutions which work. I imagine there might be things I can do in the registry? Either way, I'd like to get this problem corrected with no more problems caused because it is on a server at work.
Any help will be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance :happy:
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