Hello all, I'm trying to add a service to start an app. automatically on boot-up. This is my code : ______________________________________________________________ 
use strict;

my $Registry;
use Win32::TieRegistry ( TiedRef=>\$Registry, Delimiter=>"/" );

my $CAP_HOME = Win32::GetCwd();
$CAP_HOME =~ s/\\bin\S*//;

$Registry->{"LMachine/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/CapSync/"}= {
    "/DisplayName" => [ "CapSync", "REG_SZ"],
    "/ErrorControl" => [ "0x0001", "REG_DWORD"],
    "/ImagePath" => [ "$CAP_HOME\\bin\\Start_CapSync.exe", "REG_EXPAND
+_SZ"],
    "/ObjectName" => [ "LocalSystem", "REG_SZ"],
    "/Start" => [ "0x0002", "REG_DWORD"],
    "/Type" => [ "0x0110", "REG_DWORD"],
} or die "Can not create services entry\n";

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___________________________________________________________ The entry is made into services and looks correct, but when the service control manager tries to start the service, it fails. Actually it times out w/ the following in the event log entry. "The CapSync service failed to start due to the following error. The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" Does anyone have a clue to what might be causing this? Start_CapSync is a simple executable that just sends me email right now until I can get this working properly. Thanks, Eric

In reply to Trying to add a service in win32 environment by Anonymous Monk

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