How To Create a User-Defined Service

Download Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/c/8ec3a7d8-05b4-440a-a71e-ca3ee25fe057/rktools.exe

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.

Overview

The Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools are a set of tools to help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues, managing Active Directory®, configuring networking and security features, and automating application deployment.

The following tools are provided:

• Acctinfo.dll (documented in Readme.htm)
• Adlb.exe: Active Directory Load Balancing Tool
• Admx.msi: ADM File Parser
• Atmarp.exe: Windows ATM ARP Server Information Tool
• Atmlane.exe: Windows ATM LAN Emulation Client Information
• Autoexnt.exe: AutoExNT Service
• Cdburn.exe: ISO CD-ROM Burner Tool
• Checkrepl.vbs: Check Replication
• Chklnks.exe: Link Check Wizard
• Chknic.exe: Network Interface Card Compliance Tool for Network Load Balancing
• Cleanspl.exe: Spooler Cleaner
• Clearmem.exe: Clear Memory
• Clusdiag.msi: Cluster Diagnostics and Verification Tool
• Clusfileport.dll: Cluster Print File Port
• Clusterrecovery.exe: Server Cluster Recovery Utility
• Cmdhere.inf: Command Here
• Cmgetcer.dll: Connection Manager Certificate Deployment Tool
• Compress.exe: Compress Files
• Confdisk.exe: Disk Configuration Tool
• Consume.exe: Memory Consumers Tool
• Creatfil.exe: Create File
• Csccmd.exe: Client-Side Caching Command-Line Options
• Custreasonedit.exe: Custom Reason Editor (documented in Readme.htm)
• Delprof.exe: User Profile Deletion Utility
• Dh.exe: Display Heap
• Diskraid.exe: RAID Configuration Tool
• Diskuse.exe: User Disk Usage Tool
• Dnsdiag.exe: SMTP DNS Diagnostic Tool (documented in Readme.htm)
• Dumpfsmos.cmd: Dump FSMO Roles
• Dvdburn.exe: ISO DVD Burner Tool
• Empty.exe: Free Working Set Tool
• Eventcombmt.exe: Check Replication
• Fcopy.exe: File Copy Utility for Message Queuing
• Frsflags.vbs
• Getcm.exe: Connection Manager Profile Update
• Gpmonitor.exe: Group Policy Monitor
• Gpotool.exe: Group Policy Objects
• Hlscan.exe: Hard Link Display Tool
• Ifilttst.exe: IFilter Test Suite
• Ifmember.exe: User Membership Tool
• Inetesc.adm: Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration
• Iniman.exe: Initialization Files Manipulation Tool
• Instcm.exe: Install Connection Manager Profile
• Instsrv.exe: Service Installer
• Intfiltr.exe: Interrupt Affinity Tool
• Kerbtray.exe: Kerberos Tray
• Kernrate.exe: Kernel Profiling Tool
• Klist.exe: Kerberos List
• Krt.exe: Certification Authority Key Recovery
• Lbridge.cmd: L-Bridge
• Linkd.exe
• Linkspeed.exe: Link Speed
• List.exe: List Text File Tool
• Lockoutstatus.exe: Account Lockout Status (documented in Readme.htm)
• Logtime.exe
• Lsreport.exe: Terminal Services Licensing Reporter
• Lsview.exe: Terminal Services License Server Viewer
• Mcast.exe: Multicast Packet Tool
• Memmonitor.exe: Memory Monitor
• Memtriage.exe: Resource Leak Triage Tool
• Mibcc.exe: SNMP MIB Compiler
• Moveuser.exe: Move Users
• Mscep.dll: Certificate Services Add-on for Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
• Nlsinfo.exe: Locale Information Tool
• Now.exe: STDOUT Current Date and Time
• Ntimer.exe: Windows Program Timer
• Ntrights.exe
• Oh.exe: Open Handles
• Oleview.exe: OLE/COM Object Viewer
• Pathman.exe: Path Manager
• Permcopy.exe: Share Permissions Copy
• Perms.exe: User File Permissions Tool
• Pfmon.exe: Page Fault Monitor
• Pkiview.msc: PKI Health Tool
• Pmon.exe: Process Resource Monitor
• Printdriverinfo.exe: Drivers Source
• Prnadmin.dll: Printer Administration Objects
• Qgrep.exe
• Qtcp.exe: QoS Time Stamp
• Queryad.vbs: Query Active Directory
• Rassrvmon.exe: RAS Server Monitor
• Rcontrolad.exe: Active Directory Remote Control Add-On
• Regini.exe: Registry Change by Script
• Regview.exe (documented in Readme.htm)
• Remapkey.exe: Remap Windows Keyboard Layout
• Robocopy.exe: Robust File Copy Utility
• Rpccfg.exe: RPC Configuration Tool
• Rpcdump.exe
• Rpcping.exe
• RPing: RPC Connectivity Verification Tool
• Rqc.exe: Remote Access Quarantine Client
• Rqs.exe: Remote Access Quarantine Agent
• Setprinter.exe: Spooler Configuration Tool
• Showacls.exe
• Showperf.exe: Performance Data Block Dump Utility
• Showpriv.exe: Show Privilege
• Sleep.exe: Batch File Wait
• Sonar.exe: FRS Status Viewer
• Splinfo.exe: Print Spooler Information
• Srvany.exe: Applications as Services Utility
• Srvcheck.exe: Server Share Check
• Srvinfo.exe: Remote Server Information
• Srvmgr.exe: Server Manager
• Ssdformat.exe: System State Data Formatter
• Subinacl.exe
• Tail.exe
• Tcmon.exe: Traffic Control Monitor
• Timeit.exe (documented in Readme.htm)
• Timezone.exe: Daylight Saving Time Update Utility
• Tsctst.exe: Terminal Server Client License Dump Tool
• Tsscalling.exe: Terminal Services Scalability Planning Tools
• Uddicatschemeeditor.exe: UDDI Services Categorization Scheme Editor
• Uddiconfig.exe: UDDI Services Command-line Configuration Utility
• Uddidataexport.exe: UDDI Data Export Wizard
• Usrmgr.exe: User Manager for Domains
• Vadump.exe: Virtual Address Dump
• Vfi.exe: Visual File Information
• Volperf.exe: Shadow Copy Performance Counters
• Volrest.exe: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders Restore Tool
• Vrfydsk.exe: Verify Disk
• Winexit.scr: Windows Exit Screen Saver
• Winhttpcertcfg.exe: WinHTTP Certificate Configuration Tool
• Winhttptracecfg.exe: WinHTTP Tracing Facility Configuration Tool
• Winpolicies.exe: Policy Spy
• Wins.dll: WINS Replication Network Monitor Parser
• Wlbs_hb.dll & Wlbs_rc.dll: Windows Load Balancing Server Network Monitor Parsers

To create a Windows NT user-defined service, perform the following steps:

1. At a MS-DOS command prompt(running CMD.EXE), 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.
   
   Example:
   C:\Program Files\Resource Kit\Instsrv.exe Notepad C:\Program Files\Resource Kit\Srvany.exe
   NOTE: To verify that the service was created correctly, check the registry to verify that the ImagePath value under
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\service name
   is set to point to SRVANY.EXE. If this is not set correctly, the service will stop shortly after it starts and return an Event ID 7000 "The service name failed to start."
   
   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.
2. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe)and locate the following subkey:
   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
3. From the Edit menu, click Add Key. Type the following and click OK:
   
   Key Name: Parameters
   Class :
4. Select the Parameters key.
5. From the Edit menu, click Add Value. Type the following and click OK:
   
   Value Name: Application
   Data Type : REG_SZ
   String : \
   
   where \ is the drive and full path to the application executable including the extension (i.e., C:\WinNT\Notepad.exe)
6. 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

- Use the Sc.exe utility from the Resource Kit. Type the following from a MS-DOS command prompt:

\Sc.exe start

where 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.

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890