From 457b71a7d1a85d220b20abb867feacf8b45b0f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sander Declerck <sander@sdsoftware.be>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:21:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't start the windows service - the msi already does this

---
 .../src/installation/installOnWindows.js      | 32 -------------------
 1 file changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/installation/installOnWindows.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/installation/installOnWindows.js
index 33ae293..2380a7f 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/installation/installOnWindows.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/installation/installOnWindows.js
@@ -35,16 +35,9 @@ export async function installOnWindows() {
     await stopServiceIfRunning();
     await uninstallIfInstalled();
 
-    // Wait a moment for uninstall to complete
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
-
     ui.writeInformation("⚙️  Installing SafeChain Ultimate...");
     await runMsiInstaller(msiPath);
 
-    ui.emptyLine();
-    ui.writeInformation("🚀 Starting SafeChain Ultimate service...");
-    await startService();
-
     ui.emptyLine();
     ui.writeInformation(
       "✅ SafeChain Ultimate installed and started successfully!",
@@ -132,31 +125,6 @@ async function stopServiceIfRunning() {
   }
 }
 
-async function startService() {
-  ui.writeVerbose(
-    `Checking service status: sc query "${WINDOWS_SERVICE_NAME}"`,
-  );
-  const queryResult = await safeSpawn("sc", ["query", WINDOWS_SERVICE_NAME], {
-    stdio: "pipe",
-  });
-
-  if (queryResult.status === 0 && queryResult.stdout.includes("RUNNING")) {
-    ui.writeVerbose("SafeChain Ultimate service is already running.");
-    return;
-  }
-
-  ui.writeVerbose(`Running: net start "${WINDOWS_SERVICE_NAME}"`);
-  const startResult = await safeSpawn("net", ["start", WINDOWS_SERVICE_NAME], {
-    stdio: "pipe",
-  });
-
-  if (startResult.status !== 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Failed to start service (exit code: ${startResult.status})`,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {string} msiPath
  */