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<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Run as Service
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows only)</SPAN></FONT></H3>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The
following step-by-step guide describes how to setup RealtimeSync (or
any other application) as a Windows Service. This can be useful if
the tool shall run on a SYSTEM account without necessarily requiring
a user to log in.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">1. Get
access to the command-line tools "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">instsrv.exe</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"
and "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">srvany.exe</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"
which come with the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-right: 0.98cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Download:
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">2.
Create and register a new Service via command line:</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">instsrv <ServiceName>
<PathToResourceKit>\srvany.exe</FONT></P>
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</UL>
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</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">3. Link
the new Service with RealtimeSync:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open
the Registry editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to key
"</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ServiceName></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"</FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Add
a new key "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Parameters</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">".<BR><IMG SRC="../img/RunAsService_html_bf02de4e.png" NAME="Grafik8" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=249 HEIGHT=101 BORDER=0></FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Add
a new String value named "</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Application</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"
and specify a command line that shall be executed as value.<BR><IMG SRC="../img/RunAsService_html_m3be0f332.png" NAME="Grafik10" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=620 HEIGHT=58 BORDER=0></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">The new
service is now ready for operation!</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
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<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Attention:</B><BR>When running
RealtimeSync as a service the application has no means to interact
with the user. Therefore any popup dialog will stop the process
flow! Consider the following options when setting up a FreeFileSync
batch job:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Enable
checkbox "<I>Run minimized</I>" to prevent showing the
results dialog after synchronization.</FONT></P>
<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Set
"<I>Error handling</I>" to either "<I>Exit
instantly</I>" or "<I>Ignore errors</I>".</FONT></P>
</UL>
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</P>
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</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can
start the service now via command line or Windows Service
administration:</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">net start <ServiceName></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note:</B><BR>By default the
service is created with start-up type "automatic" which
runs it on Windows start. This behavior can be changed in Windows
Service administration.</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">If the
Service shall be removed from the system, enter via command line:</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">instsrv <ServiceName> remove</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-right: 0.98cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">(Reference:
<A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890</A>)</FONT></P>
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