First make sure you have all files you need to install a Windows Service (dll, sql, anything else needed)
To install a Windows service use the command below
installutil MyWindowService.exe
First open Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio and
then navigate to directory where files are located….
In my case I have bin directory at the following location
C:\Development\ABC \MyProject\bin\Debug>installutil MyWindowService.exe
After hitting enter will install MyWindowService. We can
check this by going to Control Panel> Administrator Tools>Services and
look for your service name
We can either start this manually or set it to run
automatically
To uninstall a windows service do the following
C:\Development\ABC \MyProject\bin\Debug>installutil
/u MyWindowService.exe
Same directory except /u once done window service will be
removed
In some case it might not remove a window service and you
still see same window service in services but disabled
To remove that just get rid of Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) .
To ensure all instances are closed, run taskkill /F /IM mmc.exe in command prompt and when you
restart/open services again your service will be gone