Run WebApp as Windows Service with--secureport options

[quote]Windows Service
To run a web app as a Windows Service, you use the sc command from the Command Line to install the app as a service:

sc create MyWebAppSvc type= own start= auto binpath= c:\Path\To\Exe\mywebapp.exe[/quote]

How do I add --secureport=8081 options to the Windows Service? such as

But I am getting a syntax error from it.

sc doesn’t appear, from my quick read, to have a means to pass cmd line args like you need

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490995.aspx

Simply quote the binpath including the runtime parameter(s)

sc create MyWebAppSvc type= own start= auto binpath= "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Path\\To\\Exe\\mywebapp.exe --secureport=808"

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Hello Wayne,

Yes, thanks for the great answer. I will register for the XVUG meeting. :slight_smile:

No why doesn’t MS put that kind of useful tidbit on their page about the sc command ?

Sorry Norman, can’t answer that, I don’t work for MS.