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Using command line tool SC.exe to append fail count on windows service failure

I am using SC.exe to configure windows service failure, I would like to run a command and pass in number of fails so far. I can check the 'Append fail to end of command line (/fail=%1%) in service properties, but I don't know how to do that from command line.

So far I have

SC failure "myservice" run/0/run/""/0 reset= 86400 commad="mycommand.exe"

but how to set that value?

Thanks for help.

Solution

  • When specifying the command, just include /fail=%1% in the arguments. So, your command would read: 

    SC failure "myservice" run/0/run/""/0 reset= 86400 command="mycommand.exe /fail=%1%"

    Note that your parameter will be something like /fail=2, so you'll need to trim your parameter to get the actual count.

    I wasn't sure if you were still looking for how to do this since it's been a few months since you asked, but I thought I'd share since I had the same problem.