Hi,

What example are you following?

Have you seen https://metacpan.org/pod/Win32%3A%3ADaemon#Example-1:-Simple-Service?

It says

This example service will delete all .tmp files from the c:\temp directory every time it starts. It will immediately terminate.

    use Win32::Daemon;

    # Tell the OS to start processing the service...
    Win32::Daemon::StartService();

    # Wait until the service manager is ready for us to continue...
    while( SERVICE_START_PENDING != Win32::Daemon::State() )
    {
        sleep( 1 );
    }

    # Now let the service manager know that we are running...
    Win32::Daemon::State( SERVICE_RUNNING );

    # Okay, go ahead and process stuff...
    unlink( glob( "c:\\temp\\*.tmp" ) );

    # Tell the OS that the service is terminating...
    Win32::Daemon::StopService();
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Does that make sense ?