Rename windows service

IIRC the following worked for me (once):

This is nothing I ever would recommend doing

This is what I did

1. open regedit
2. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
3. Look at the keys in the treestructure inside the left pane and select the service you would like to rename
4. Rename the key using the Rename entry in the Context-Menu
5. If there is a subkey named enum delete it. It will get recreated the next time the service starts.
6. You might want to change the Subkey DisplayName according to the new service name
7. Reboot the machine for changes to take effect
8. Pray it did not screw things up

Use SC.exe Create to create a new service in Windows with the paramaters that you want. Then use SC.exe Delete to delete the old service.

SC is a command line program built in to Windows that is used for communicating with the Service Control Manager and services.