From f50ae19805ee0af0de379374bd4f805b4b0a0730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza Zakaria <hadjammar.hamza.zakaria@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:25:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added bat files to install and uninstall DDNSUpdater as
 Service

---
 bin/install_ddnsupdater_service.bat   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 bin/uninstall_ddnsupdater_service.bat |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 bin/install_ddnsupdater_service.bat
 create mode 100644 bin/uninstall_ddnsupdater_service.bat

diff --git a/bin/install_ddnsupdater_service.bat b/bin/install_ddnsupdater_service.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f30611d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/install_ddnsupdater_service.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@echo off
+REM Check if a path parameter was provided
+IF "%~1"=="" (
+    echo Usage: install_ddns_service.bat ^<path_to_exe^>
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+SET EXE_PATH=%~1
+
+REM Create the service (auto-start)
+sc create DDNSUpdaterService binPath= "%EXE_PATH%" start= auto
+
+REM Start the service
+sc start DDNSUpdaterService
+
+echo Service DDNSUpdaterService installed and started.
+pause
diff --git a/bin/uninstall_ddnsupdater_service.bat b/bin/uninstall_ddnsupdater_service.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e633f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/uninstall_ddnsupdater_service.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@echo off
+sc stop DDNSUpdaterService
+sc delete DDNSUpdaterService
+echo Service DDNSUpdaterService stopped and deleted.
+pause