How do I deploy a SharePoint custom timer job?

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This is what I have done so far:

Created a class that has my overridden Execute function
Added the needed strongly named assemblies to the GAC
Created a Feature.xml file (see it below, this could be the problem...)
Created a folder for my Feature.xml file in Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE
Used stsadm to installfeature. It says the operation was completed sucessfully.

I then check into Manage Farm Features in SharePoint but I don't see it there...

Here is my Feature.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Feature xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" 
   Id="b9e40341-32ab-410a-a20f-282cf13fb54b" 
   ReceiverAssembly="SharePointSocialNetworking, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,   PublicKeyToken=6264b0911592ad29" 
   ReceiverClass="SharePointSocialNetworking.FeatureToEnableJob" 
   Scope="Site" 
   Title="SharePoint Social Networking Job">
 </Feature>

Does this look right? Am I missing any steps here?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '10 at 19:11

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Your scope is wrong. It should be "Farm" not "Site."

answered Nov 18 '10 at 19:11

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Awesome, that got rid of my first error. Now i'm getting `Object reference not set to an instance of an object.` Could this be because I used a random guid for my ID? – Abe Miessler Nov 18 '10 at 19:22
@Abe no, a nullreferenceexception is coming from your code. Without being able to see it, noone here can help. – x0n Nov 18 '10 at 19:24
Do you know if there is a way to get stsadm to give me a stack trace along with the error? – Abe Miessler Nov 18 '10 at 19:26

How do I deploy a SharePoint custom timer job?

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