InstallUtill of GCC compiled .exe receiving System.BadImageFormatException - windows-services

I am trying to use a GCC compiled .exe as a service in windows. From what I have researched I should do:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.net\Framework\v2.0.50727\InstallUtil.exe [program name]
Although when I try to do this I receive a message as such:
Exception occurred while initializing the installation:
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Setup4\Setup4\Service.exe' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest..
I have a feeling that this is due to the fact that the program was compiled using GCC and did use some .a files to compile.
From what I see System.BadImageFormatException is usually caused by some sort of bad manifest. Would someone be able to help me out here?

InstallUtil is used to install .Net applications as services. Unless GCC can produce managed assemblies, you should be using sc.exe instead to create a Windows service entry for your application.

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