The Web Installer is built on a typical workflow-like interface: the current step of the process defines all further steps. Here is the initial step of selecting a type of installer that you want to build.

Each installer type comes with detailed instructions. This screenshot shows instructions for the Standard Installer.

The Web Installer allows you to customize common interface elements of your Windows service. Click the blue "question mark" icon to see a description of the relevant field. If present, click the field's "info" icon to see a related screenshot.

The Web Installer allows you to add custom fields to your installer's interface if you need to capture the user's input during installation. These optional custom fields could be of one of five types: a plain string, an email address, a URL, a password or a checkbox. You set the field's interface label, validation error message and so on. The screenshot shows some possible values of the fields' controls.

It's very easy to enter location URLs of all files of your Windows service. There are two basic ways to host your files online, whether it's on your website or some online sharing service. Please make sure you read our Common Questions page, especially if you are new to web development or have never hosted any files online before.

The Web Installer allows you to preview the installer interface of your installer before you proceed any further and lets you go back and make any necessary changes as many times as needed.

This screenshot shows the running Demo Installer. This is the main form of the Web Installer that would contain all controls, including the optional logo, custom fields and so on.

The user input in custom fields is properly validated depending on the types of fields and if you set each one to be a required field or not.

During the installation, your installer performs all actions necessary to properly install and (optionally) start your Windows service.

Your service will run and act as a normal Windows service.

And, of course, users can easily uninstall or repair your Windows service just by running the installer again. Note that users don't need to run the same installer they used to install your service (as with many .msi installers). They can simply download the most recent copy from your online location and run it as usual.