FixUnquotedPaths

A Powershell Script to fix unquoted service paths in Windows

Original Code Author: Jeff Liford

Modified by: Seth Feaganes (@Net_Sec_Jedi)

Link to Original: http://www.ryanandjeffshow.com/blog/2013/04/11/powershell-fixing-unquoted-service-paths-complete/

A powershell script which will search the registry for unquoted service paths and properly quote them. If run in a powershell window exclusively, this script will produce no output other than a line with "The operation completed successfully" when it fixes a bad key. Verbose output can be enabled by uncommenting the Write-Progress or Write-Output lines or running the original scripts as intended with command pipes.

This script was modified from the original three scripts named Get-SVCPath.ps1, Find-BADSVCPath.ps1, and Fix-BADSVCPath.ps1 to allow it to be run as a single script on one system or for use in mass deployment systems such as PDQDeploy, KACE, etc for example. If you require the functionality of those scripts for auditing, execution over multiple systems natively in powershell, or any other options those scripts provide, please use the original scripts instead. I am posting this modification as a reference to something useful in situations where a quick fix is necessary.

Myself nor the original author of this code shall be held liable for any damage incurred running this in a production environment. Please take proper precautions before modifying the registry such as running this script with the REG ADD line commented out or taking a backup of the registry prior to running the script. Or obviously on virtual environments, etc.