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How to add application as a service in Vail?

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Does anyone know how to do this? I can't find a resource kit for 2008.Tuesday, May 4, 2010 7:37 PM
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I have discovered the answer.
I installed RK Tools and used anyserviceinstaller application available here: http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php?/topic/8566-any-service-installer/
You must run Anyserviceinstaller.exe as administrator if like me you are installing the service under a different user account.
Once done the service will not be working. Bizarrely you have to go into the Services viewer, right click, properties and re-enter the password in both fields. Restart the service and it works.
- Marked as answer by joewalch Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:38 PM
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:38 PM
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Do you want to elaborate a little more what you intend to do? There is an SDK available for download that you can use to build add-ins and extensions to the product.
-Bodhi
Bodhi Deb - MSFTTuesday, May 4, 2010 9:25 PM -
Nothing that complex. I just want WHS to run uTorrent as a service when WHS boots up.Wednesday, May 5, 2010 8:00 AM
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There is no Windows Server 2008 Resource Kit, as far as I know.
srvany.exe from the Server 2003 resource kit won't work correctly on Windows Server 2008, from what I understand, but there are other tools that can also host an arbitrary program as a service. You might try one or more of them. Note, however, that hosting an arbitrary program as a service can create security and stability issues; anything you want to run as a service really should be written to run as a service.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)- Proposed as answer by Jonas Svensson -FST- Wednesday, May 5, 2010 3:57 PM
- Unproposed as answer by joewalch Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:26 PM
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 12:26 PMModerator -
Any ideas what a novice (me!) can use to do this?Wednesday, May 5, 2010 12:43 PM
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I have discovered the answer.
I installed RK Tools and used anyserviceinstaller application available here: http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php?/topic/8566-any-service-installer/
You must run Anyserviceinstaller.exe as administrator if like me you are installing the service under a different user account.
Once done the service will not be working. Bizarrely you have to go into the Services viewer, right click, properties and re-enter the password in both fields. Restart the service and it works.
- Marked as answer by joewalch Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:38 PM
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:38 PM