Why is my Windows Service getting deleted after a Windows Update on Win 10
I am running a Windows 10 virtual machine on Azure. I have deployed my application using simple copy file approach (not MSI). After which, i am successfully creating the service using SC.exe as follows:
sc create "VNCServer.Service" binPath="C:\server\VNCServ
net start "VNCServer.Service"
sc config "VNCServer.Service" start= auto
Everything works as expected for weeks (including many reboots) until the next Windows update is taken. After taking the Windows update, the service appears to have been deleted. I need to rerun the script above to create the service each time a windows update occurs.
What is happening here? What can I do?
sc create "VNCServer.Service" binPath="C:\server\VNCServ
net start "VNCServer.Service"
sc config "VNCServer.Service" start= auto
Everything works as expected for weeks (including many reboots) until the next Windows update is taken. After taking the Windows update, the service appears to have been deleted. I need to rerun the script above to create the service each time a windows update occurs.
What is happening here? What can I do?
Try a service name without "."
Windows setup kills services with names it dislikes the characters of. Seen that.
Windows setup kills services with names it dislikes the characters of. Seen that.
Not sure how to confirm that this is the answer. It will take time to know if this is the right solution. I hope it is, but cannot confirm until we get a few more updates to OS.
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