Using SC.exe to set service credentials password fails

Question

I know this question has been asked in the past, but a satisfactory answer has not been provided.

I am using the SC command to config the credentials for a service.<

Answer 1

Besides stopping the service before making the changes, and granting the user permission to logon as a service, I also had to add the type= own parameter, otherwise it would fail with:

[SC] ChangeServiceConfig FAILED 87:

The parameter is incorrect

So this is the command that worked:

SC.EXE config "ServiceName" type= own obj= "domain\user" password= "password"

It even worked with special characters in the password, given I had the password between double brackets.