Can't install service at setup time

[inventif]

This had been a recurring issue over the last umpteen betas (from this year) -- can't recall if I had the same issue before.

During setup, everything runs smoothly, I select "Install service", while "Run as admin" is unticked.

It goes through most motions and then, at the very end, sort of hangs for a while, inevitably popping the error message:

"Unable to create the Everything service: 1072".

On first run after installation I receive a similar message, then select "Install service", then it goes into reindexing everything (no pun intended) and after a longish time (yep, private cloud storage over 6TB needs to be indexed, too), it comes back to its senses.

When opening the settings, I noticed that the tick box next to the "Everything service" is "blocked", i.e. it doesn't have a tick, but a black square. In my limited understanding, it would indicate something is only partially available.

I tried installing after previously shutting down the running instance of Everything, to no avail -- the same issues reoccur.

Any thoughts, suggestions?

Cheers,

inventif

[void]

The existing service is not uninstalling correctly.
It could be the services control panel is still open or the Everything service did not stop when requested.

Do you use ProcessExplorer?

Try to kill the old service manually, from a command prompt:

• Stop the service: net stop "Everything"
• Ensure: the "mmc.exe" process does not exist (The "Services" list window): taskkill /F /IM mmc.exe
• Delete the service: sc delete "Everything"

-or-

Restarting your PC should allow you to reinstall Everything without issue. Windows will delete the old service after restarting.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3050 ... ailed-1072

[inventif]

Thank you for the explanation. I have the same issue on both my desktop and laptop, both running Windows 8.1 Pro.

Is there something that can be done to force this process shutdown automatically during installation?

Cheers,

[inventif]

I've been testing different scenarios with installing/uninstalling/reinstalling/rebooting and as-a-service/as-an-admin and literally none works now to install the service.

I am truly baffled.

Followed all advice on shutting down the service prior to installing a newer version, ended up uninstalling Everything, registry cleaning, restarting, installing a-fresh and ... no go for the service option. Always ends up with the 1072.

Has no issues as-admin...

Thought I'd let you know.

Cheers,