All,
I have developed a Win32 application that doesn't require any human interaction. Initially, I wanted to find a way to "background" this application so that a logged in user wouldn't accidently interfere with the process but then I realized I needed more than just making it invisible.

I want the process to start automatically when the machine restarts. I want an administrator to be able to start, stop, and disable it while it is invisible. In essense, I want a windows service. I had hoped Win32::Service did more than allow you to manage existing services but apparently not. I then looked at Win32::Daemon. Unfortunately, the CPAN module was last updated in 2001. Fortunately, this is one of the Dave Roth modules so I looked there for an updated version - apparently the 5.10.x version is in beta and requires manual installation.

Cross posted at Win32::Daemon forum

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Turn a perl script into a Win32 Service by Limbic~Region

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