Overview

After following the steps to install Lyris LM as Windows services, you discover that the Web Service is not listed in Windows Services.

Prerequisites

• This solution applies to Lyris LM version 12.4 on Windows Server 2012 R2
• You have run mksvc.bat as an administrator which produced an output similar to:
  

  Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
  (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  
  C:\Windows\system32>cd \
  
  C:\>cd Program Files (x86)\ListManager\tclweb\bin
  
  C:\Program Files (x86)\ListManager\tclweb\bin>mksvc.bat
  The system cannot find the path specified.
  
  - The fully qualified path to the .EXE must be given
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  .
  The ListManagerWeb service was installed and will start the next time
  you boot up.
  .
  To start the service right now, you can use the "Services"
  control panel to start the ListManagerWeb service.
  
  Press any key to continue . . .  

• When you check Services, only ListManager is found
  

Solution

1. Navigate to the ...\tclweb\bin directory in File Explorer
   
   
2. Use a text editor such as Notepad or Notepad++ to edit the mksvc.bat file
   1. Find and replace any occurrence of $APPDIR with the full path to the bin directory, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\ListManager\tclweb\bin
   2. Save your changes and close the file
      
      
3. Use a text editor such as Notepad or Notepad++ to edit the reg.txt file

   1. Find and replace any occurrence of $APPDIR with the full path to the bin directory, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\ListManager\tclweb\bin

       

   2. Save your changes and close the file
      
      

4. Run the mksvc.bat file as an Administrator - right-click > Run as Administrator

After running the modified batch file the ListManager Web Service is installed and can be found in Windows Services.

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