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For the first time I'm creating Visual Studio Setup and Deploy project in which points to a Windows Service that will run on our VPS. Usually I use CMD to start/stop the service but was ideally looking for a more robust approach.

At the moment I'm seeing that I need to install an additional package (Visual Studio 2010 Shell Integrated)... In all honesty I'm not sure if it's really needed and if I can bypass the installation somehow. Most Windows Services will run on our VPS and will not be distributed to our clients.

Obviously I'd like to learn a new concept/method. Anyhow I suppose what I'm really asking is can any one help me understand why it's needed etc?

I've noticed there are a few older posts but as I'm using Visual Studio 2015, I'm sure the process will be different in some way. I have also looked through MSDN but not quite sure what I need to install.

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I actually found a solution to this now over at Microsoft's Visual Studio Developer Community (Quoted relevant parts to prevent the likelihood of future dead links):

1- Open a cmd as admin.

2- Go to directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSI Tools

3- run: regsvr32.exe /u mergemod.dll"

4- run: regsvr32.exe mergemod.dll"

I followed these steps, restarted VS2017 and it worked perfectly. No more request for the VS2010 Integrated Shell installer!

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Ok, So I'm still unsure to was is happening, a bug in Visual Studio?! Who knows.

Basically If I click Build on the set up project, it tries to install and crashes the machine BUT if I click Rebuild and then Cancel on the Dialog, it builds fine and I have access to the Setup file.

A strange one but never the less, I now have access to the install file, which I've installed on our VPS and is working like a charm.

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  • Did you ever resolve the root problem? Ive been doing setup projects for years, continuing thru VS 2013 - 2015 with the plugin. But recently when one of my developers created a project and committed to source control, when I later tried to build it, I got the same issue. – codenheim Feb 21 '18 at 20:19
  • @codenheim I still have this problem! New hardware, installed VS and Installer plugin, worked Ok for awhile and then it returned. It's driving me absolutely nuts. Now if you cancel both popups and leave it for 20-30 mins it will eventually compile, never the less ridiculous as compilation should only take a few seconds. It makes me feel quite stupid that I cannot figure it out. I'll keep digging to find the answer, if you figure it out please let me know and please post an answer, I'll retract mine and award you. – Tez Wingfield Feb 23 '18 at 8:11
  • @codenheim to note, the problem hit again after a win update. Looked through the updates and it appears nothing was installed that would impact VS/installer packages. I'm rewriting the whole platform to move away from Win Services. WPF > SignalR. – Tez Wingfield Feb 23 '18 at 8:14
  • I had to build one of our apps yesterday in a pinch and i had to use 2013 due to the issue. The problem only exists on 2015-2017 for me. Soon as I resolve it I'll let you know. – codenheim Feb 23 '18 at 17:06
  • were you guys able to solve this, this started happening to me now – sam Jun 25 '18 at 22:03

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