Posts Tagged ‘bat file’

Scripts for installing, starting, stopping and uninstalling a windows service

July 21st, 2017

These 5 files has served me for 10 years or more for updating a windows service in a small project I have.

The code is crude but serves its purpose. It is not hard to make the code nicer.

The thing here is that I have 1 service in 2 instances, one for production and one for QA on the same machine. Hence they need different names.

The bat file I normally run is StopUninstallInstallStartService.bat because it does the whole turn around. Between every step it pauses and allows me to check the output and between Uninstall and Install also swap the binaries.

I have a similar single file solution here.

InstallService.bat

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@echo off
rem This bat file installs a service and sets its name.
if dummy==dummy%1 (
goto help
)
rem *** Install the service.
sc create %1 binPath= %CD%\MyService.exe DisplayName= "MyService [%1]" start= delayed-auto
sc failure %1 reset= 0 actions= restart/30/restart/30/restart/3000
rem C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe MyService.exe
goto end
: help
echo Parameter is missing.
echo Syntax: InstallService [Servicename]
:end

StartService.bat

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@echo off
rem This bat file starts a service by its name.
if dummy==dummy%1 (
goto help
)
rem *** Start the service.
sc start %1
goto end
: help
echo Parameter is missing.
echo Syntax: StartService [Servicename]
:end

StopService.bat

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@echo off
rem This bat file stops a service by its name.
if dummy==dummy%1 (
goto help
)
rem *** Stop the service.
sc stop %1
goto end
: help
echo Parameter is missing.
echo Syntax: StopService [Servicename]
:end

UninstallService.bat

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@echo off
rem This file uninstalls a service by its name.
if dummy==dummy%1 (
goto help
)
rem *** Uninstall the service.
rem sc delete %1
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe /uninstall MyService.exe
goto end
: help
echo Parameter is missing.
echo Syntax: UninstallService [Servicename]
:end

StopUninstallInstallStartService.bat

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@echo off
rem This file stops, uninstalls, installs and starts a service; with a pause in between for manual intervention.
if dummy==dummy%1 (
goto help
)
echo *** Stop the service
call StopService %1
pause
echo *** Uninstall the service.
call DeleteService %1
pause
echo *** Install the service.
call InstallService %1
pause
echo *** Start the service.
call StartService %1
pause
goto end
:help
echo Parameter is missing.
echo Syntax: StopUninstallInstallStartService [Servicename]
:end
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Stop, uninstall, install and start a windows service

July 19th, 2017

I have one bat file that does all this for me.
It also has a pause inserted so I can visually check that everything looks ok.
The pause between uninstall and install is important as that is where I exchange the DLL when updating.
Yes, the code is ugly. But it has served a project for 10+ years with the only update with new dotnet versions.

I have  a similar solution here. It uses several files but can also name the service.

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rem *** Stop the service.

net stop "My Service Name"

pause

rem *** Uninstall the service.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe /uninstall MyService.exe

pause

rem *** Install the service.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe MyService.exe

pause

rem *** Start the service.

net start "My Service Name"

pause
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