Can't uninstall windows service

Posted by Chad on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Chad
Published on 2010-05-20T15:05:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 15:11 UTC
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I have somehow managed to half uninstall a windows service I was developing.

In no particular order

  • It won't delete if I use sc delete servicename

  • It gives an exception using installutil /u pathtoservice.exe

    "specified service does not exist as an installed service"

  • And using the installer/uninstaller obviously doesn't work either

  • It's no longer in the Services listing

  • It's not shown if I use sc query

  • And I have rebooted

I don't know what else to do, but something still exists, because attempting to install fails because it already exists.

Please help.

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