Windows 10: How to escape special characters in SC Config command

Discus and support How to escape special characters in SC Config command in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi Everyone,I'm trying to log on in one service with a specific user and password so I run this command in command line:SC config ServiceName type=... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Román Díez Gea, Oct 21, 2022.

  1. ROMáN DíEZ GEA
    Román Díez Gea Win User

    How to escape special characters in SC Config command


    Hi Everyone,I'm trying to log on in one service with a specific user and password so I run this command in command line:SC config ServiceName type= "own" obj= "user" Password= "password"Supposedly everything is ok because the message I get is:[SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESSBut When I try to run the service again once I change the configuration in command line I get this:SC start ServiceName[SC] StartService FAILED 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure.I think the problem is the password which contains special characters like %\"@: so I don't know how can I escape in order th

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    Román Díez Gea, Oct 21, 2022
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  2. HFRMOBILE#PETWALK
    hfrmobile#petWALK Win User

    Special characters not escaped correctly on pinned files

    There is an issue with special characters in file name.

    On Windows Phone 8.1 file name with ampersand ("&") worked but under Windows 10 Mobile "^0" is displayed instead. Don't understand how such fundamental stuff stops working from one version to the other ...

    "Escaping" characters should be well known to the developers & --> & for example ...
     
    hfrmobile#petWALK, Oct 21, 2022
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  3. LITTLEJAY
    LittleJay Win User
    ALT Key Codes for Special Characters List


    Thanks for this PDF file list of special characters! It will come in very handy, *Thumbs
     
    LittleJay, Oct 21, 2022
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  4. PANKOLA---01
    pankola---01 Win User

    How to escape special characters in SC Config command

    Special characters

    I say little wrongly it as fault, its more feature. Normal characters are 7-bit and special characters are 8/16-bit long. So more you use special characters, shorter the message can be.

    Message Edited by pankola on 02-Mar-2009 12:57 PM
     
    pankola---01, Oct 21, 2022
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