Modifying the Path to executable of a windows service

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I d like to modify the path to my application  but doing so breaks it because the service still points to the old location    By going to Administrative Tools  gt  Services you can open a properties dialog and view the Path to executable  but there is no way to change it    Is there any way a user can modify the service path without having to reinstall the application

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Slight modification to this  CodeMaker  s answer  for anyone like me who is trying to modify a MongoDB service to use authentication   When I looked at the  Path to executable  in  Services  the executed line already contained speech marks  So I had to make minor modification to his example   To be specific     Type Services in Windows Find MongoDB  or the service you want to change  and open the service  making sure to stop it  Make a note of the Service Name  not the display name  Look up and copy the  Path to executable  and copy it    For me the path was  note the speech marks    C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 2 bin mongod exe  --config  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 2 bin mongod cfg  --service   In a command line type   sc config MongoDB binPath    lt Modified string with    to replace   gt     In my case this was  sc config MongoDB binPath     C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 2 bin mongod exe   --config   C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 2 bin mongod cfg   --service -- auth

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There is also this approach seen on SuperUser which uses the sc command line instead of modifying the registry   sc config  lt service name gt  binPath   lt binary path gt    Note  the space after binPath  is important  You can also query the current configuration using   sc qc  lt service name gt    This displays output similar to       SC  QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS      SERVICE NAME  ServiceName      TYPE                 10  WIN32 OWN PROCESS     START TYPE           2   AUTO START     ERROR CONTROL        1   NORMAL     BINARY PATH NAME     C  Services ServiceName     LOAD ORDER GROUP         TAG                  0     DISPLAY NAME          lt Display name gt      DEPENDENCIES             SERVICE START NAME   user-name domain-name

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You can delete the service   sc delete ServiceName   Then recreate the service

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It involves editing the registry  but service information can be found in HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services   Find the service you want to redirect  locate the ImagePath subkey and change that value

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You could also do it with PowerShell   Get-WmiObject win32 service -filter  Name  My Service           Invoke-WmiMethod -Name Change       -ArgumentList    null  null  null  null  null         C  Program Files  x86  My Service NewName EXE     Or   Set-ItemProperty -Path  HKLM  System CurrentControlSet Services My Service        -Name ImagePath -Value  C  Program Files  x86  My Service NewName EXE

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A little bit deeper with  SC  command  we are able to extract all  Services Name  and got all  QueryServiceConfig       gt SC QUERY  gt    computername -services txt   enter    gt FIND  SERVICE NAME      computername -services txt   i  gt    computername -services-name txt   enter    gt NOTEPAD2   computername -services-name txt   enter    Do  small  NOTEPAD2 editing      Then  continue with  CMD      gt FOR  F  DELIMS  SKIP 2   S IN   TYPE   computername -services-name txt    DO  SC QC   S   gt  gt    computername -services-list-config txt   enter    gt NOTEPAD2   computername -services-list-config txt   enter     Raw data is ready for feeding  future batch file  so the result is look like this below       ------------- ------------------------- --------------------------- --------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- ---------------- -------------- --------------------    SERVICE NAME   TYPE                      START TYPE                  ERROR CONTROL   BINARY PATH NAME                                   LOAD ORDER GROUP   TAG   DISPLAY NAME     DEPENDENCIES   SERVICE START NAME     ------------- ------------------------- --------------------------- --------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- ---------------- -------------- --------------------    WSearch        10  WIN32 OWN PROCESS     2   AUTO START   DELAYED    1   NORMAL      C  Windows system32 SearchIndexer exe  Embedding   none               0     Windows Search   RPCSS          LocalSystem            wuauserv       20  WIN32 SHARE PROCESS   2   AUTO START   DELAYED    1   NORMAL      C  Windows system32 svchost exe -k netsvcs         none               0     Windows Update   rpcss          LocalSystem            But  HTML will be pretty easier  D  Any bright ideas for improvement are welcome V

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Open Run win R    type  Regedit exe    to open  Registry Editor   go to      HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services   find  Apache2 4  open the folder find the  ImagePath  in the right side  open  ImagePath  under  value Data  put the following path       C  xampp apache bin httpd exe  -k runservice  foe XAMPP for others point to the location where Apache is installed and inside locate the bin folder  C  Apache installed location  bin httpd exe  -k runservice

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You can t directly edit your path to execute of a service  For that you can use sc command   SC CONFIG ServiceName binPath   Path of your file    Eg   sc config MongoDB binPath  I  Programming MongoDB MongoDB bin mongod exe --config I  Programming MongoDB MongoDB bin mongod cfg --service

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