AutoExNT service won't start

[Guest Rune]

Hi

 

I have tried to use the AutoExNT-mechanism to create a service for running a

java application (Protégé) via a bat-file on a Windows 2003 standard x64

edition.

 

I follow the instructions and everything seems fine. The service is created

successfully.

 

When I try to start the service I get an error message saying:

 

----

System error 2 has occurred.

 

The system cannot find the file specified.

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This happens regardsless of the content of the AutoExNT.bat-file (even when

it's empty).

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: AutoExNT service won't start

 

 

"Rune" <Rune@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F2DAE8BB-A445-4C40-AD86-33C46A45B328@microsoft.com...

> Hi

>

> I have tried to use the AutoExNT-mechanism to create a service for running

> a

> java application (Protégé) via a bat-file on a Windows 2003 standard x64

> edition.

>

> I follow the instructions and everything seems fine. The service is

> created

> successfully.

>

> When I try to start the service I get an error message saying:

>

> ----

> System error 2 has occurred.

>

> The system cannot find the file specified.

> ----

>

> This happens regardsless of the content of the AutoExNT.bat-file (even

> when

> it's empty).

 

AutoExNT is Windows NT legacy stuff. Much better to use srvany

and instsrv: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890.

[Guest Rune]

Re: AutoExNT service won't start

 

Thx - But on the page it says:

 

.... (but not for batch files) ...

 

So it cannot be used to run the bat file, which I think I need to run the

java application with parameters.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: AutoExNT service won't start

 

 

"Rune" <Rune@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:02574295-A9EA-481B-9E6A-60BE70723771@microsoft.com...

> Thx - But on the page it says:

>

> ... (but not for batch files) ...

>

> So it cannot be used to run the bat file, which I think I need to run the

> java application with parameters.

 

Yes, it can. Here is a typical installation file I recently used:

@echo off

goto Start

-----------------------------------------------------

This batch file will install or remove the TOLService

service. Its sole purpose is to invoke the batch file

c:\Tools\TOLMonitor.bat boot time.

-----------------------------------------------------

:Start

echo Installing the service . . .

regsvr32 /s %SystemRoot%\System32\vbscript.dll

c:\Tools\instsrv TOLService c:\Tools\srvany.exe

regedit /s c:\Tools\TOLService.reg

net start TOLService

 

And here is the .reg file that goes with it:

 

REGEDIT4

; This registry value will cause the file c:\Tools\TOLMonitor.bat

; to execute when the service is started.

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TOLService\Parameters]

"Application"="c:\\Tools\\TOLMonitor.bat"