Windows Service Installation Registry Setting

[decrypted]

I want my users to be able to specify where thier configuration files are
located for a windows service. Since having startup params don't seem to be
a real option here I want to use the registery...however...I can't seem to
get that working either. My installation file has the following bit of
code...

Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key =
Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(" System");

key = key.OpenSubKey("CurrentControlSet");

key = key.OpenSubKey("Services");

key = key.OpenSubKey(this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName, true);

key.SetValue("SqlConfig", Environment.CurrentDirectory +
\\SqlConfiguration.xml);

Now if I take out that last line, using installUtil works just
fine....including it and the installUtil rollsback. Any ideas here??

Thanks

-dec

[Todd Apley]

What is the error you get with the setvalue call in?

Todd Apley – Visual Basic Deployment Test Team
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| >From: "decrypted" <de*******@earthlink.net>
| >Subject: Windows Service Installation Registry Setting
| >Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:52:24 -0700
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| >I want my users to be able to specify where thier configuration files are
| >located for a windows service. Since having startup params don't seem to
be
| >a real option here I want to use the registery...however...I can't seem
to
| >get that working either. My installation file has the following bit of
| >code...
| >
| >Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key =
| >Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey( "System");
| >
| >key = key.OpenSubKey("CurrentControlSet");
| >
| >key = key.OpenSubKey("Services");
| >
| >key = key.OpenSubKey(this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName, true);
| >
| >key.SetValue("SqlConfig", Environment.CurrentDirectory +
| >\\SqlConfiguration.xml);
| >
| >Now if I take out that last line, using installUtil works just
| >fine....including it and the installUtil rollsback. Any ideas here??
| >
| >Thanks
| >
| >-dec
| >
| >
| >