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How do I run POPFile as a Windows Service?

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StuartH
2006-08-03
2013-04-15
  • StuartH

    StuartH - 2006-08-03

    I can't find any documents on how to run POPFile as a Service on Windows.

    I'm using Windows 2003 Server Standard R2.

    There appears to be no modern documents on this subject that I can find. Why is this?

    I see within popfile is a file called
    popfile-service.exe
    but appears to be undocumented!

    Surely its not still using the srvany.exe file?

    The roadmap graph of development of this program seems to end at 2003!

     
    • StuartH

      StuartH - 2006-08-03

      Ok, I've found an 'experimental' page which talks about it.

      But now I've got it as a Service (using a admin robot account) how does one get the POPFile icon to appear in the System Tray when I login?

      I tried adding '--set windows_tray=1' to the parameters field in the Service but it still doesn't appear.

      The show icon option within the POPFile web Configuration page doesn't appear to work.

      As this is a valuable 24/7 service I really need to see the icon in the system tray.

       
    • StuartH

      StuartH - 2006-08-07

      Also this popfile-service.exe appears to have a serious flaw.

      Everytime I logout, the POPFILE service stops!

       

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