http://example.org/categories/server/Server - Category - Joel BeckhamHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://example.org/posts/2012/2012-01-19-running-an-application-as-a-windows-service-alternative-to-srvany/Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000jbeckhamhttp://example.org/posts/2012/2012-01-19-running-an-application-as-a-windows-service-alternative-to-srvany/Until recently, when I wanted to set up a non-service application to run as a windows service, I always used srvany.exe. One of the problems with srvany is that it can’t detect if the application has crashed and therefore continues to report that it is still running. Since it doesn’t know when the application stops, the service manager doesn’t know to attempt to restart it. In its place, I’ve started using a utility called nssm.