Run as Service Alternatives
Run as Service is described as 'This tool requires that .NET Framework 2.0 be already installed on your computer. If you do not have .NET Framework 2.0 this tool will display a message and not run. You probably already have the .NET Framework 2'. There are more than 10 alternatives to Run as Service for Windows. The best alternative is NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Run as Service are WinSW (Free, Open Source), FireDaemon (Paid), Turbo Service Manager (Free) and Always Up (Paid).
- nssm is a service helper which doesn't suck. srvany and other service helper programs suck because they don't handle failure of the application running as a service. If you use such a program you may see a service listed as started when in fact the application has died.
Discontinued
Last release is from 2014, and last pre-release is from 2017, but it can still be downloaded from the official website.
- WinSW is an executable binary, which can be used to wrap and manage a custom process as a Windows service.No screenshots yet
- FireDaemon runs any application program executable or script as a Windows service when your computer starts up restarting it the application crashes or fails.
- TSM is a very small tool to configure your services. Features: Save/Load state in XML. Enable/Disable/Startup/Manual/Stop/Pause/Resume in multiple selected services at once with one key press. Group by State or by Startup type. Shows parent and child services.
- AlwaysUp is the true set-it-and-forget-it way to run your mission-critical Windows application 24/7, unattended, starting it at boot and monitoring it to ensure that it is always running, even if it crashes, hangs, or fails.
- Launcher Service lets you run any program as a Windows Service. When executed as a service, a program runs earlier at Windows startup, even before a user has logged on; it isn't closed if a user ends the session, and can run silently in the background.
- Shawl is a wrapper for running arbitrary programs as Windows services, written in Rust. It handles the Windows service API for you so that your program only needs to respond to ctrl-C/SIGINT.No screenshots yet
- Daemon Master is a software which makes it possible to create and manage a Windows-service from any program. (Alpha) Features: Easy and fast creation / deletion of services Creating / Editing new services in realtime Using any .exe/.
- Application as Service is an advanced system tool which lets you run any application as Windows Service. You can easily configure Application as Service using its intuitive GUI interface or command line configurator directly from your software.
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- Winserv is an utility that can create an NT service that runs any application. When the application exits, the service becomes stopped. It is also able to manage local and remote NT services that were not created by winserv.No screenshots yet