Chapter 4. Installation on Windows

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Running as a Windows Service

Running as a Windows Service

Chapter 1 has already covered all you need to get the Ambience system running. This chapter is for those users who wish to explore the tighter platform integration possibilities of running as a Windows service.

Ensure that you have a zip utility such as 7-zip or winzip installed on your system as the installer is supplied as a zip file.

  1. Verify the SHA1 sum of the file that you received when you purchased Ambience, or when you downloaded a trial version, to ensure its integrity.
  2. Unzip the installer package.

    If you already have the generic installation as mentioned in Chapter 1, you only need to unzip the Windows Overlay package file, for example: elx-ambience-windows-overlay-4.0.0.zip.

    If you do NOT have the generic installation as mentioned in Chapter 1, then download the full Windows installation package: for example, elx-ambience-windows-4.0.0.zip.

    You should have the following files as shown in Figure 4.1, “Windows Installer Files”.

    Figure 4.1. Windows Installer Files

    Windows Installer Files
  3. From the bin folder, run install-service.bat. This will install Ambience as a service.
  4. You can now start and stop the Ambience service from the Windows service manager as shown in Figure 4.2, “Windows Installer Files”.

    Figure 4.2. Windows Installer Files

    Windows Installer Files
  5. Read the WinRun4J.html file for customization options.