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Running a program as Service on Win XP?

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by info

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I tried to install a program as a service on Windows XP Pro using both SRVANY.EXE (with Instsrvw.ex + srvany.exe) and a program from www.activeplus.com (Service +) - both fail.

Srvany will not start at all (it starts + stops directly) and the other (Service+) exits while Starting my program as a service...

So - who knows how to do this in Windows XP Pro ?

The SRVANY works for me on NT4 + 2000 - but I need it to run on XP. Is there an update (I did not find it) or another freeware program that DOES work?

Help - thx in advance!
Milko

mvdwollenberg@brainxs.nl

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by yacoubean

Did you try FireDaemon? The free version (still in final beta) only lets you install one service, but I guess that's better than nothing...

I was able to get an app installed as a service with it, and it seems very powerful (tons of options you can assign for each service)

http://www.firedaemon.com/

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