title: Is there an official GUI way of installing and removing .Net services on Windows Server 2008?
body: <p>Please read the whole question; I personally think that <strong>this is</strong> programming-related; if you think otherwise, then please migrate without down-voting.</p>
  
  <p>I have found two different ways of installing a service:
  <a href="http://www.wsinnovations.com/softeng/support/manualservice.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.wsinnovations.com/softeng/support/manualservice.html</a></p>
  
  <p>as well as using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/50614e95(VS.80).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/50614e95(VS.80).aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>The reason why I ask for this is that I am trying to debug a service which is somehow supposed to update itself. It is not currently working, but I was told that this did work in the past.</p>
  
  <p>I have been using the <code>sc delete &lt;servicename&gt;</code> command to remove the service (because it is shorter that way), while installing it with an <code>installutil</code> command. I hope this does not result in any side-effects; I would like to rule those out.</p>
  
  <p>Ideally, it should be possible to install and uninstall services right from the screen which lets the user start and stop them, but such option is not does not exist unfortunately. I am looking for the next best thing, which is a GUI wrapper for installutil.exe</p>