System info

Telegraf 1.32.1 (git: HEAD@946e4d7d)

Docker

No docker

Steps to reproduce

As a preparation have telegraf installed as a service with telegraf.exe ... service install

Then: Remove telegraf from the service list with sc delete telegraf

Now you can't install telegraf as a service anymore:

C:\Program Files\telegraf>"C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.exe" --config "C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.conf" --config-directory "C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.d" service install
2025-04-23T16:51:02Z E! setting up eventlog source failed: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\telegraf registry key already exists

But you can't ask telegraf to cleanup everything, either:

C:\Program Files\telegraf>"C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.exe" service uninstall
2025-04-23T16:50:52Z E! opening service failed: The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

Expected behavior

Being able to use sc to remove the service and then install it again without having to clean the registry.

Actual behavior

Having to clean the registry.

Additional info

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