Create Windows service from executable

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Is there any quick way to  given an executable file  create a Windows service that  when started  launches it

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I created the cross-platform Service Manager software a few years back so that I could start PHP and other scripting languages as system services on Windows, Mac, and Linux OSes:

https://github.com/cubiclesoft/service-manager

Service Manager is a set of precompiled binaries that install and manage a system service on the target OS using nearly identical command-line options (source code also available). Each platform does have subtle differences but the core features are mostly normalized.

If the child process dies, Service Manager automatically restarts it.

Processes that are started with Service Manager should periodically watch for two notification files to handle restart and reload requests but they don't necessarily have to do that. Service Manager will force restart the child process if it doesn't respond in a timely fashion to controlled restart/reload requests.

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these extras prove useful   need to be executed as an administrator  sc create   lt service name gt  binpath  lt binary path gt  sc stop     lt service name gt  sc queryex  lt service name gt  sc delete   lt service name gt    If your service name has any spaces  enclose in  quotes

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I ve tested a good product for that  AlwaysUp  Not free but they have a 30 days trial period so you can give it a try

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Use NSSM  the non-Sucking Service Manager   to run a  BAT or any  EXE file as a service    http   nssm cc    Step 1  Download NSSM Step 2  Install your sevice with nssm exe install  serviceName  Step 3  This will open a GUI which you will use to locate your executable

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Many existing answers include human intervention at install time  This can be an error-prone process  If you have many executables wanted to be installed as services  the last thing you want to do is to do them manually at install time   Towards the above described scenario  I created serman  a command line tool to install an executable as a service  All you need to write  and only write once  is a simple service configuration file along with your executable  Run   serman install  lt path to config file gt    will install the service  stdout and stderr are all logged  For more info  take a look at the project website   A working configuration file is very simple  as demonstrated below  But it also has many useful features such as  lt env gt  and  lt persistent env gt  below    lt service gt     lt id gt hello lt  id gt     lt name gt hello lt  name gt     lt description gt This service runs the hello application lt  description gt      lt executable gt node exe lt  executable gt      lt  --           dir   will be expanded to the containing directory of your         config file  which is normally where your executable locates     -- gt     lt arguments gt    dir   hello js  lt  arguments gt      lt logmode gt rotate lt  logmode gt      lt  -- OPTIONAL FEATURE         NODE ENV production will be an environment variable         available to your application  but not visible outside         of your application    -- gt     lt env name  NODE ENV  value  production   gt      lt  -- OPTIONAL FEATURE         FOO SERVICE PORT 8989 will be persisted as an environment        variable to the system     -- gt     lt persistent env name  FOO SERVICE PORT  value  8989    gt   lt  service gt

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Extending  Kevin Tong  answer   Step 1  Download  amp  Unzip nssm-2 24 zip  Step 2  From command line type    C   gt  nssm exe install  servicename   it will open GUI as below  the example is UT2003 server   then simply browse it to  yourapplication exe    More information on  https   nssm cc usage

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Same as Sergii Pozharov s answer  but with a PowerShell cmdlet  New-Service -Name  quot MyService quot  -BinaryPathName  quot C  Path to myservice exe quot   See New-Service for more customization  This will only work for executables that already implement the Windows Services API

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Probably all your answers are better  but - just to be complete on the choice of options - I wanted to remind about old  similar method used for years  SrvAny  installed by InstSrv  as described here  https   docs microsoft com en-us troubleshoot windows-client deployment create-user-defined-service

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To create a Windows Service from an executable  you can use sc exe   sc exe create  lt new service name gt  binPath    lt path to the service executable gt     You must have quotation marks around the actual exe path  and a space after the binPath    More information on the sc command can be found in Microsoft KB251192    Note that it will not work for just any executable  the executable must be a Windows Service  i e  implement ServiceMain   When registering a non-service executable as a service  you ll get the following error upon trying to start the service      Error 1053  The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion    There are tools that can create a Windows Service from arbitrary  non-service executables  see the other answers for examples of such tools

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You can check out my small free utility for service create edit delete operations  Here is create example   Go to Service -  Modify -  Create    Executable file  google drive    Download   Source code   Download   Blog post   BlogLink   Service editor class  WinServiceUtils cs

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