HOWTO: Create a User-Defined Service
ID: Q137890
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51, 4.0
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Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it
if a problem occurs. For information on how to do this, view the "Restoring
the Registry" or the "Restoring a Registry Key" online Help topics in
Registry Editor.
SUMMARY
The Windows NT Resource Kit provides two utilities that allow you to create
a Windows NT user-defined service for Windows NT applications and some
16-bit applications (but not for batch files).
Instrsrv.exe installs and removes system services from Windows NT and
Srvany.exe allows any Windows NT application to run as a service.
MORE INFORMATION
To create a Windows NT user-defined service, perform the following steps:
- At a MS-DOS command prompt, type the following command:
<path>\INSTSRV.EXE <My Service> <path>\SRVANY.EXE
where <path> is the drive and directory of the Windows NT Resource
Kit (i.e., C:\RESKIT) and <My Service> is the name of the service you
are creating.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of
Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys
And Values" online Help topic or the "Add and Delete Information in the
Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" online Help topics in Registry
Editor.
NOTE: You should back up the registry before you edit it.
- Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe)and locate the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<My Service>
- From the Edit menu, click Add Key. Type the following and click OK:
Key Name: Parameters
Class : <leave blank>
- Select the Parameters key.
- From the Edit menu, click Add Value. Type the following and click OK:
Value Name: Application
Data Type : REG_SZ
String : <path>\<application.ext>
where <path>\<application.ext> is the drive and full path to the
application executable including the extension (i.e.,
C:\WinNT\Notepad.exe)
- Close Registry Editor.
By default, a newly created service it configured to run Automatically when
the system is restarted. To change this setting to Manual, run the Services
applet from Control Panel and change the Startup value to Manual. A service
set to Manual can be started in one of several ways:
- From the Services applet in Control Panel
- From a MS-DOS command prompt, type the following:
NET START <My Service>
- Use the Sc.exe utility from the Resource Kit. Type the following from
a MS-DOS command prompt:
<path>\Sc.exe start <My Service>
where <path> is the drive and directory of the Windows NT Resource
Kit (i.e., C:\Reskit).
For more information on installing and removing a user-defined service,
please see the Srvany.wri document provided with the Windows NT Resource
Kit utilities (i.e., C:\Reskit\Srvany.wri). This document can also be found
on the Windows NT Resource Kit CD in the Common\Config directory.
Additional query words:
prodnt
Keywords : nthowto nt16ap nt32ap ntreskit NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto
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