How to write a script (.bat file) to create a user defined service

[jasonzhangx]

I have more than 50 machines (W2K) to install a user-defined service using:
INSTSRV.EXE
SVRANY.EXE

Is there a way to write a script to install the service automatically. Especially, I am interested in how to write the part to edit registry. The manual procedure is like:

Copy INSTSRV.EXE and SVRANY.EXE to %WINDIR%\system32
then goto start\run and type in this command

Instsrv xyz c:\winnt\system32\srvany.exe
This creates a service called xyz(you can name it anything)

Then goto regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControllSet\Services\xyz
Create a key called Parameters
Open Parameters and create these three string values there:
AppDirectory "c:\xyz" (the path to your program dir)
Application "c:\xyz\xyz.exe" (the path to the app exe)
AppParameters "/???" (only if startup-parameters are needed)

 

[LeBlatt]

IIRC, regedit /s <filename.reg> will silently write the regfile in registry.
Set the parameters on one machine, export the branch as a regfile and you should be ok.
The script will have to be run as admin to write in the HKLM hive.

 

[jasonzhangx]

Thanks for the suggestions. What is the syntax to export the registry to a regfile?

 

[jasonzhangx]

I found the GUI way to export the branch of the registry to a file.

Thanks for the help