how to add a application as a service?

[Guest]

I have a application that I would like to have run as a service in Windows XP. I have use the following line: "application.exe -install <computer name>\administrator <password>" and it looks like it has installed but when I go to services it does not appear in the services list. I've looked at the vent logs and it shows nothing. Please advise.

 

[Fritz]

Why would that command install it as a service. Where did you see that?

 

[Guest]

It works on W2K servers to add services

 

[Guest]

How do you make a application a service?

 

[Roger Abell]

You can use srvany from the resource kit to wrapper well
behaved applications as services. You should never make
an application a service if it has any user interface, and even
many that do not can potentially destabalize the system when
run as a service depending on what they do.

Why do you want this running as a service ??

 

[Fritz]

No, it does NOT. You either use SRVANY.EXE or INSTSRV.EXE - the utilities
are a part of the resource kits for NT/Win2k server. Win2K3 also something
called AutoExNT.

 

[Ole]

You can use a program as Service+ from Nicoware. It will run your
application as a service.

It has a very nice GUI. You don't have to be an expert to use it. We
are using it on our servers and workstations for a variety of
applications.

You can download a full functional evaluation version from
http://nicoware.net/software/download.php