Batch Script to Install or Uninstall a .NET Windows Service

Question

I have no experience writing batch scripts, but I was wondering if there was a way to install a .NET Windows service using installutil.exe using such a script, or u

Answer 1

Suggestions:

• Make use of the environment, Windows may not be installed on C:. But you can use %WinDir%.

• You can redirect echo to append to a file:

  echo A message >> logfile.txt

• Keeping track of everything and convering all the edge cases can be challenging in cmd.exe, it is not a rich environment.

• There is no consistent place for documentation. But help (from the command line) on "cmd", "if", "for", "set" and "call" covers much of avaialble syntax.
• Set echo off at the start to see the commands as they are executed.