Display the description of a windows service

:: save this in a bat file run it batfile.cmd servicename
:: courtesy http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1581
@set imagepath=
@FOR /F "tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\%1
/v imagepath 2^> nul ^| find "imagepath" ') DO @set imagepath=%%a
@if defined imagepath (
@echo Dependencies for %imagepath%:
@call depends /a0f1c /oc:~svcdep.tmp "%imagepath%"
@FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=, skip=1" %%b in ('type ~svcdep.tmp ^| findstr /B /c:"," ^|
findstr /V /c:"?" ^| sort') do @echo %%b
@del ~svcdep.tmp 2>nul
) else (
@Echo '%1' is not installed or is not a valid service
)