installing windows service error: cannot open service control manager on computer. this operation might require other privileges

windows-services installutil
ercan picture ercan · Jul 9, 2014 · Viewed 22.9k times · Source

i have windows 8 i have a windows application wrtitten with c# and on visual studio 2013 and want to install this application.

i open command prompt write:

c:\..\instalutil.exe c:\projectfolder\filename.exe

after i run this code it give me the error :

An exception occured during the Install phase.
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot open Service Control Manager on computer '.'. This operation might require other privileges.
The inner exception System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception was thrown with the following error message: Access is denied.

This is my computer i dont know why it needs access right? and i dont know how to give right privilege.

also i changed my sercviceProcessInstaller Account property to LocalSystem and also tried with LocalService but both of them gives me the same error.

what should i do to give right privilege?

Answer

ercan picture ercan · Jul 9, 2014

I found the answer finally:

The solution: RUN COMMAND PROMPT AS ADMINISTRATOR

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