rem define Subversion service C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe create svn binpath= "F:\program files\svn\bin\svnserve.exe --service -r F:\repos --listen-port 3690" displayname= "Subversion Server" depend= Tcpip start= auto rem Note there be NO space before the = and exactly ONE afterwards. This is just Microsoft jerking your chain. rem Also notice the apparent unbalanced "...". That is "correct", or at least the way MS wants it. rem F:\program files\svn\bin\svnserve.exe is excutable for SVN server rem F:\repos in the respository directory rem binpath is not really a path, but a command line to start the service. rem -30-