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The launcher example was originally written and contributed by \[http://wiki.tryphon.org/WikiHome/Alban/FrontPage Alban Peignier\]. You can find the original version and other usefull information on his wiki page http://wiki.tryphon.org/JavaWiki/CommonsLauncher. |
FAQ
What is the earliest JRE that Launcher is compatible with?
Is it possible to use the commons daemon to run a executable as Windows service?
Yes, not only java applications can be installed as windows service. Similar to the Srvany.exe tool any other exe can be used.
Sample: Proxomitron (http://www.proxomitron.info/) as windows service
Installation:
prunsrv //IS//PROXO --DisplayName="Proxomitron Proxy" --Description="Proxomitron Web Proxy" --StartImage=c:\proxomitron\proxomitron.exe --StartPath=c:\proxomitron --Type=interactive --LogLevel=DEBUG --LogPath=c:\proxomitron\logs --LogPrefix=procrun.log --Startup=manual --StdOutput=c:\proxomitron\logs\stdout.log --StdError=c:\proxomitron\logs\stderr.log
Uninstallation:
prunsrv //DS//PROXO