sc create BITS binpath= 'c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs' start= delayed-auto That’s not by accident, you need that space otherwise the command won’t work. If you can, try to copy and paste because you’ll notice that after the = sign in several locations, there is a space immediately after. If, for some reason, you can’t get the above command to work properly, you can also try the command below, which is just a shortened version of it.