Unquoted Service Paths

List unquoted service paths and start, stop, or restart services as needed.

Some services require administrative privileges.

Tested with PowerShell v5.1.18362.752 on Windows 10 Enterprise OS (64-bit).

Made for educational purposes. I hope it will help!

How to Run

Open the PowerShell from \src\ and run the commands shown below.

Set the execution policy:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Run the script:

.\unquoted_service_paths.ps1

Or, run the following command from either PowerShell or Command Prompt:

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File .\unquoted_service_paths.ps1

To run the PowerShell encoded command, run the following command from either PowerShell or Command Prompt (minified script):

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -EncodedCommand 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To generate a PowerShell encoded command from a PowerShell script, run the following PowerShell command:

[Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes([IO.File]::ReadAllText($script)))

To decode a PowerShell encoded command, run the following PowerShell command:

[Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String($command))

Images

Figure 1 - Unquoted Service Paths