Installing Windows Service with batch file?

Question

I have the following in a bat file :

@ECHO OFF

REM The following directory is for .NET 4.0
set DOTNETFX2=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
set PATH=%PATH%;%DOTNETFX2%

echo Installing IEPPAMS Win Service...
echo ---------------------------------------------------
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil My.WindowsService.exe
echo ---------------------------------------------------
pause
echo Done.

The problem is that it even if the bat file is located in the same folder as the My.WindowsService.exe it will try to look for it in C:\Windows\System32.....

How do I solve this?

Answer 1

This is how it is solved :

@ECHO OFF

REM The following directory is for .NET 4.0
set DOTNETFX2=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
set PATH=%PATH%;%DOTNETFX2%

echo Installing IEPPAMS Win Service...
echo ---------------------------------------------------
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil "%~dp0My.WindowsService.exe"
echo ---------------------------------------------------
pause
echo Done.

Answer 2

According to several articles I've found, passing an absolute path to your service is what you want. For example:

{...Path_To_.NET_Framework...}\InstallUtil C:\MyFolder\My.WindowsService.exe

You can grab your current directory with something like this in your batch file, if you want a dynamically generated path:

set CURDIR=%CD%
{...Path_To_.NET_Framework...}\InstallUtil %CURDIR%\My.WindowsService.exe

References:

• How to Install Windows Service using command prompt
• Install Windows Service