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---
date: "2016-12-21T15:00:00-02:00"
slug: "windows-service"
sidebar_position: 50
---
# Register as a Windows Service
## Prerequisites
The following changes are made in C:\gitea\custom\conf\app.ini:
```ini title="app.ini"
RUN_USER = COMPUTERNAME$
```
Sets Gitea to run as the local system user.
COMPUTERNAME is whatever the response is from `echo %COMPUTERNAME%` on the command line. If the response is `USER-PC` then `RUN_USER = USER-PC$`
### Use absolute paths
If you use SQLite3, change the `PATH` to include the full path:
```ini title="app.ini"
[database]
PATH = c:/gitea/data/gitea.db
```
## Register as a Windows Service
To register Gitea as a Windows service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator,
then run the following command:
```sh
sc.exe create gitea start= auto binPath= "\"C:\gitea\gitea.exe\" web --config \"C:\gitea\custom\conf\app.ini\""
```
Do not forget to replace `C:\gitea` with the correct Gitea directory.
Open "Windows Services", search for the service named "gitea", right-click it and click on
"Run". If everything is OK, Gitea will be reachable on `http://localhost:3000` (or the port
that was configured).
### Adding startup dependencies
To add a startup dependency to the Gitea Windows service (eg Mysql, Mariadb), as an Administrator, then run the following command:
```sh
sc.exe config gitea depend= mariadb
```
This will ensure that when the Windows machine restarts, the automatic starting of Gitea is postponed until the database is ready and thus mitigate failed startups.
### Unregister as a service
To unregister Gitea as a service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator and run:
```sh
sc.exe delete gitea
```