Change the binary path for a Windows service

Filed under: Windows, — Tags: Windows service, binpath, registry, sc — Thomas Sundberg — 2013-05-16

Do you need to change the path to a binary a Windows sevice is executing? Maybe you want to change the location of where a service is installed?

It can be done suing the command sc and setting the binpath.

It is also possible to update the registry.

The way to update the registry is:

Stop the service
Locate the service in the windows registry and modify the value of the 'ImagePath' key to the new binary
Start the service

The service can be found at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<your service name>

I needed to move Splunk so I found one of my services at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Splunkd

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