This action will check the existence of a designated Windows Service on the deployed client during AppLife package execution.  A Shared Property is added or updated in the Update Context Shared Properties collection holding string value determined by the existence of the service. 

 

Check Service Exists Action Editor

 

Action Description - Descriptive text that can be used to identify this particular action in the Actions list.

 

Service name to check – The name of the service.  This can be viewed in the Service Properties view.

 

Shared property to read into – The name (or key) of the Shared Property that will hold the results of the check.  The Shared Property will hold a string of value “True” if the service exists, or “False” if the service does not exist.