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Run dosbox as windows2003 System Service

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First post, by solipsist

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Hi there 😀

First of all, thanks for all the effort put into dosbox, it's a really neat emulator if you ask me 😀

Now, i'm the lucky one who will have my own 100mbit server soon.
I'm now configuring my server in a virtualmachine wich i will hook up on the internet when i get the connection.

I want to have my own DosBOX IPX Tunneling server as well, so i can play oldschool games over the internet with my friends.

Basicly, i want to know if there's an option to start dosbox as system service. I've editted the autoexec.bat to automatically start the ipx tunneling server, now i only need to find a way to start it as a system service 😀 (and i want it to be silent as well)

Is this possible with dosbox?

Thank you.

Reply 1 of 5, by h-a-l-9000

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I have made a java standalone tunneling server, it's on my homepage. Dunno if it's silent xD

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Reply 2 of 5, by solipsist

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Awesome, thanks 😀

Ill try it, and try to get it to work with SrvAny.exe
Ill post the outcome 😀

Reply 3 of 5, by solipsist

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Thanks for the server, i've done the job, and it now runs fully silent as a systemservice.
If you like, i can make a guide how to do it step by step.

I have one question.
The executable seems to not have all classes within it or something

when i start it as service, it says it couldn't find the main class.
what i did is put all classes in the system32 dir, so it could find it because it's in the "path"

do you have a compiled executable wich doesn't need the classes? that way i can install it cleaner 😜

Reply 4 of 5, by h-a-l-9000

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> and it now runs fully silent as a systemservice.
Does it work, too?

Maybe there is a way to change the startup directory of the service?
Or instead of the executable you can try 'java -cp <path-to-the-class-files> Main'.

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Reply 5 of 5, by solipsist

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Yes, it works to 😀

I couldn't find a way to change the startup location.
Perhaps if i'd make a LNK file it woudl work

[edit]Argh, i just found out that if i log off, the server doesn't work no more, it is loaded, but it doesn't function

ill have to figure out wtf is going on[/edit]

[edit2]I've installed a program called Firedaemon, it solved all my probs 😉)[/edit]

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