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AppToService Run Applications as Windows Services
 AppToService |  Download | |  Purchase | | Version: 3.0 Size: ~775 KB Language: English License cost: $24.95 U.S. dollars Upgrade cost: $14.95 U.S. dollars |
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AppToService is a Windows Unicode console application that lets you run regular applications and servers as Windows services.
This allows you to have some of the benefits of a Windows service, such as the ability to run an application even when no user is logged on the computer, the ability to run an application under a specified user account, the ability to allow an application to survive logoff/logon sequences, hence saving the overhead of restarting it for each new user, and so on.
For instance, you can run a dialer application as a service to automatically connect a computer to the Internet following unattended reboots.
Stop wishing your application was a service. Make it run like one with AppToService!
Tiny and easy to use Unicode console application.
No need to mess with the registry.
Many options available for greater control.
Works with virtually any application.
Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, or Vista.
v3.0 on 2007-11-15:
- Added a help guide to the software package.
- Added the /Delay option to avoid dealing with service dependencies.
- Changed the desktop interaction default from /Interact:1 to /Interact:0 because Windows stopped allowing services to interact with the desktop since Vista.
- Updated the software to comply with Vista requirements. Previously, the program and its installer ran on Vista in compatibility mode. Now, they run on Vista in native mode, comply with UAC and other Vista technologies, and are digitally signed with an Authenticode certificate to ensure their integrity and authenticity. These major enhancements provide a better and safer experience when running the software on all supported Windows versions.
- Redesigned the application to use the Unicode standard and improve its Windows integration and multilingual support.
- Redesigned the installer to use Microsoft MSI technology and comply with recent Windows guidelines.
- Refused service if the program file AppToService.exe is renamed.
- Upgrading to this major update requires a licensing fee for existing customers who are licensed to use older versions.
v2.8 on 2005-05-04: Added the /Description option to customize
the description of services created with AppToService. Service descriptions are displayed, among other places, in the Windows Services application. Corrected the program to allow service names containing dot characters.
v2.7 on 2003-04-28: Added the /Account and /Password options to specify the account under which a service should run. Added more /Show options to specify the client window startup state.
v2.6 on 2002-09-18: Added /StopAll and /StartAll to easily manage AppToService services, and /Closing and /Timeout to control the termination of client applications. Enhanced /DependOn to accept multiple services and to accept services using their display name. Added /Preview to see the client's execution instructions.
v2.4a on 2001-09-19: Fixed a v2.4 bug that prevented the /Arguments flag from working properly.
v2.4 on 2001-08-30: Added support for batch files. Added /ShowAll and /RemoveAll flags to display or remove all the installed services.
v2.3 on 2000-07-16: Added the /Interact flag to specify whether the client application should interact with the desktop. Added the /AbsName flag to eliminate the "AppToService" prefix in the service display name. Extended the command line capacity.
v2.2a on 2000-04-16: Accepted lengthier command line arguments.
v2.2 on 1999-09-14: Added the /Name flag to allow the creation of multiple services hosting the same client application with different arguments, and improved the ability to close client applications when services are stopped.
v2.1 on 1999-04-29: Added the /Directory flag to specify the working directory.
v2.0 on 1998-12-01: Changed naming conventions and added /DependsOn. Changed the application name from ServiceIt to AppToService, and added support for command line arguments, execution priority, window state, and startup type.
WARNING: This release is not backward compatible.
v1.0 on 1998-05-10: Initial release.
v1.0b on 1998-05-01: Beta release.
 AppToService OEM | | |  Purchase | | Version: 3.0 Size: ~156 KB Language: English License cost: $399.95 U.S. dollars Upgrade cost: $199.95 U.S. dollars |
An OEM license grants you the right to include the current version of AppToService as part of a commercial product distributed by your company (or government agency). This means that you may bundle AppToService for use as a component of a commercial product distributed by your company or as an optional utility to be used in conjunction with a product distributed by your company. You may not, under any circumstances, distribute or resell AppToService as a stand-alone product.
The OEM license entitles your company to distribute an unlimited number of copies of AppToService under the conditions stated above.
When you purchase an OEM license, you will receive the OEM version of AppToService that is more suitable for distribution. The program file is much smaller than its shareware counterpart and does not contain an install wizard or shareware registration elements such as time locks and nag screens. The license agreement is customized to your company and customers, and shareware registration files are excluded. The ~40KB OEM package will be attached to your e-mail receipt.
Pricing Information (in U.S. dollars):
- New license: $399.95
- New license with your company name: $499.95
The main screen will read:
Developed for <your company name>
- Upgrade to the current version: $199.95
- Resending the product to licensed customers: $20
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