how to set windows service username and password through commandline

Question

Using sc command we can query, start , stop windows services.
For ex:

sc query "windows service name" 

The sc config command changes the configuration of the service, but I don't know how to use it.

Could someone tell me how we can set the username and password for any windows service?

Answer 1

This works:

sc.exe config "[servicename]" obj= "[.\username]" password= "[password]" 

Where each of the [bracketed] items are replaced with the true arguments. (Keep the quotes, but don't keep the brackets.)

Just keep in mind that:

• The spacing in the above example matters. obj= "foo" is correct; obj="foo" is not.
• '.' is an alias to the local machine, you can specify a domain there (or your local computer name) if you wish.
• Passwords aren't validated until the service is started
• Quote your parameters, as above. You can sometimes get by without quotes, but good luck.

Answer 2

In PowerShell, the "sc" command is an alias for the Set-Content cmdlet. You can workaround this using the following syntax:

sc.exe config Service obj= user password= pass 

Specyfying the .exe extension, PowerShell bypasses the alias lookup.

HTH