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 Windows service.

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List services.

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List of all running services::

  cmd> net start

List of all services::

  cmd> sc query

List of specific service::

  cmd> sc query NAME

GUI tool::

  cmd> services.msc

Start/stop service.

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::

  cmd> net start NAME

  cmd> sc start NAME

  cmd> net stop NAME

  cmd> sc stop NAME

  cmd> services.msc

Create service.

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In order to create service from any executable use ``srvany.exe`` from Windows

Resource Kits 2003 (take attention to spaces after ``=``)::

  cmd> sc create NAME binPath= "c:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\srvany.exe" ^

       type= own start= auto error= normal DisplayName= "NAME for services.msc"

Then pass what ``srvany.exe`` wrapper to do::

  cmd> reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\NAME\Parameters" ^

     /v "Application" ^

     /d "\"c:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe\" -cp c:\home\devel\service Main"

Above you see quoting syntax for spaces and quotes. Next start service with::

  cmd> sc start NAME

If you make error recheck your settings with::

  cmd> reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\NAME" /s

Or remove service and make steps again::

  cmd> sc delete NAME

Visit GUI ``services.msc`` and check with ``procexp.exe`` that service actually

do job.

  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=17657

    Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools download.

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3663331/creating-a-service-with-sc-exe-how-to-pass-in-context-parameters

    How to pass parameters to sc.exe runnable.

Delete service.

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::

  cmd> sc delete NAME

Service wrapper.

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_wrapper

    Service wrapper

  http://nssm.cc/

    NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/yajsw/

    Yet Another Java Service Wrapper

  https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/

    A wrapper executable that can be used to host any executable as an Windows

    service

  http://code.google.com/p/simple-service-wrapper/

    Simple Windows Service Wrapper