Powershell script to change service account

Question

Does anyone have a Powershell script to change the credentials used by a Windows service?

Answer 1

I created a text file "changeserviceaccount.ps1" containing the following script:

$account="domain\user"
$password="passsword"
$service="name='servicename'"

$svc=gwmi win32_service -filter $service
$svc.StopService()
$svc.change($null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$account,$password,$null,$null,$null)
$svc.StartService()

I used this as part of by post-build command line during the development of a windows service:

Visual Studio: Project properties\Build Events

Pre-build event command line:

"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\installutil.exe" myservice.exe /u

Post-build event command line:

"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\installutil.exe" myservice.exe
powershell -command - < c:\psscripts\changeserviceaccount.ps1