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srvany is not the same as sc.exe or srvinstw.exe. The first is a sort wrapper that allows to wrap a standard executable in a way that it will run as a service and at least properly respond to service control requests (although things like stopping the service really will more or less simply kill the process so it isn't a very neat solution, but it works for many simple things. sc.exe is THE standard Windows command line tool to the service control manager almost for as long as Windows services exist. The interface to the service control manager is really located in advapi32.dll and can be also directly called from applications (but many functions will require elevated rights to work successfully). Not sure about Srvinstw.exe but the standard way of interacting with the service control manager through a GUI is through the MMC snapin for services which you can reach through the Control Panels->Administrative Tools. While srvany works reasonably well for simple tasks, for more complicated services it is really better to go through the trouble of integrating a real interface to the service control manager in an application meant to be executed as a service.

We're using the free windows utility: srvany.exe It's easy to use and works great. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/137890

Just a side note to point out that comma are used in some countries instead of points...