When trying to run a subversion or svn service, we get this error stating the service is not running, this is because of the way you create the service: Below are the right and wrong way to create it: WRONG WAY: F:Program FilesSubversionbin>sc create svnserver binpath= “F:Program FilesS ubversionbinsvnserve.exe –service -r F:Dev FilesRepository” displayname= “S