configure windows service password containing non-alphanumerics

[jmeckley]

I'm a .net developer spending most of my time inside VS. I want to automate my deployment process and working on a script to deploy a windows service. I need to be able to configure the account/password which runs the service. so far I have

sc config MyService obj= domain\account password= hello&world

my problem is the ampersand. the script fails with

sc config MyService obj= domain\account password= [COLOR=red]hello  & world[/color]
[SC] ChangeServiceConfig FAILED 1072:
'world' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I tried "hello&world", hello&&world and hello\&world. all failed. to top is off google isn't providing much help, or I forgot how to search.

how can I escape the & character? is it even possible?

Jason Meckley
Programmer

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