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Unable to install ‘Windows Service’ using installutil.exe
The other day, I was using Installutil.exe from Command Prompt (refer below command), to install my Windows Service.
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319>InstallUtil.exe -i “X:\XX\XXX.exe”
Although the tool was giving success response, Windows Service was not getting installed and not being listed in ‘Service Manager’ console.
Alternate Option:
- While troubleshooting the issue, we came across another option to install the Windows Service using “SC Create“
Using SC Create:
To install Windows Service,
- Open the Command Prompt in ‘Run as administrator’ mode.
- Below is the syntax using ‘SC Create’ to install the service.
C:\Windows\system32>SC Create “{Your WinService exe name}” binpath=”{Your WinService exe path}” displayname=”{Your desired name}“
Using SC Delete:
To Uninstall the ‘Windows Service’,
- Open the Command Prompt in ‘Run as administrator’ mode.
- Below is the syntax using ‘SC Delete’ to Uninstall the service.
C:\Windows\system32>SC Delete “{Your WinService exe name}“
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Dynamics 365 – Configure Custom ‘Help Page’
‘Help’ feature in Dynamics 365 is a useful and an intuitive way to provide guidance to the end users.
Sometimes we may get a requirement from customer to configure ‘Custom Help’ page.
Its simple to configure the custom help screen from Dynamics 365 ‘Admin Center’ Settings screen.
Steps to configure custom Help URL:
- Connect to your Office 365 Admin Center
- In the ‘Environments’ tab, select the instance and click on ‘Settings’
- In the ‘Settings’ screen, click on ‘Products -> Features’
- Under ‘Help features’, turn ON the “Custom help for customizable entities”.
- In the ‘Global custom help URL’, provide your custom web link.
- I provided my blog URL in this case.
- Select ‘Append parameters to URL’ option, if you want to pass the “typename”, “formid” etc.. parameters to your custom URL.
- Alternatively, you can also configure the same from ‘Administration -> System Settings’
Steps to test the Help URL:
- Connect to your dynamics instance.
- Click on Help(?) icon
- You will be redirected to the configured URL
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Dynamics 365 – Get ‘April 2019’ update
Last weekend, I subscribed to a Dynamics 365 30 days trail and noticed that now we can upgrade to ‘April 2019’ update and start exploring the features.
Below are the steps to update your instance to ‘April 2019’.
- Connect to your Office 365 Admin Center
- In the ‘Environments’ tab, select your environment and navigate to ‘Settings’ page by clicking on Instance name hyperlink.
- In the ‘Settings’ screen, under the ‘Updates’ tab, click on ‘Manage’ link
- In the ‘Updates’ slider window, click on ‘Active now’ to get the ‘April 2019’ update
- Confirm by providing your instance name in the text box, as below.
- That’s all we need and enjoy your ‘April 2019’ update.
Note:
- You cannot revert once you activate the ‘April 2019’ update.
Refer the link for what’s included in ‘April 2019’ update
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Rajeev Pentyala - Microsoft Power Platform 