The following information was contributed by one of our customers
who was able to run the Wedge as a service under Windows NT or 2000.
To date, we have not tested the following approach therefore we
are not be able to provide any support for the following technique.
Overview:
A utility called srvany.exe that
comes along with the Windows NT Resource Kit is used to install Winwedge as a NT Service
with the following benefits.
- When applications run as a service, they are not closed
during logoff. So users do not need to start them each time they log on, nor can they kill
them if the services control has been restricted to the users.
- Server applications can service requests even when no user
is logged on.
- Applications can run and perform tasks specific to a logon
account that is different from the user who is currently logged on.
Installing :
Create a directory c:\service and copy the following files
in it.
Instsrv.exe
Srvany.exe
Wedge.bat
Note: The file Wedge.bat is a batch
file that contains the command line used to launch and activate
the Software Wedge with a specific WinWedge configuration file.
This file will need to be created or modified to contain the correct
path to the Winwedge.exe file installed on your system and also
correct name of the WinWedge configuration file that you want to
use. For example, if the Software Wedge is installed in the path:
"c:\program files\winwedge\winwedge.exe"
and the Software Wedge configuration file that you want to use is
named:
MyConfig.SW3
then the batch file Wedge.Bat should contain the line:
"c:\program files\winwedge\winwedge.exe" MyConfig.sw3
 If
you do not have the Instsrv.exe and Srvany.exe files, click here
to download them in a self extracting ZIP file along with a sample
Wedge.Bat batch file.
To run Winwedge as a service type:
1. Instsrv Wedge c:\service\srvany.exe ….. Where Wedge
is the name of the Service.
2. In Services in Control Panel, click the services Wedge
and then click Startup to display the Startup dialog box. There
click Automatic. In the Logon On as box, choose system Account.
3. Start Registry Editor using Regedit.
- Add a new Parameters subkey in the following registry location:
HKEY_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wedge called
Parameters
- In the new Parameters subkey create an Application Value
Entry with a data type of REG_SZ, and specify the full path of
the executable of the application ( Application: REG_SZ:C:\Winnt\system32\cmd.exe
/k
- In the Parameters subkey create an AppParameters Value Entry
with a data type of REG_SZ and specify c:\service\wedge.bat
- In the Parameters subkey create an AppDirectory Value Entry
with a data type of REG_SZ and specify the location of winwedge
directory. For example (c:\program files\winwedge)
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