Installing Fileshare as a Service

You can install Fileshare as a Windows service. You install it by entering:

fsservice -i FS32SEV1 /wd C:\support\FS32\DATA /cf C:\support\FS32\FSAD32.CFG

You uninstall Fileshare by entering:

fsservice -u

When you run Fileshare as a service, you must use a configuration file to pass your settings, and this file must be called fs.cfg. It must be in your c:\windows\system32 directory if the cf setting is not used.

In your configuration file, you can use the wd setting to specify your Fileshare directory. The wd setting can also be used when installing the service

When Fileshare is running as a service, you do not get a Fileshare console window, so cannot control it interactively via this window. Consequently:

• You have to use FSView to control Fileshare and therefore must create a password file
• We strongly recommend that you use sc, since it gives great performance gains, and the only reason for not using it was loss of interactive control.
• You should specify /tr f in the configuration file if you want tracing, as you cannot use F2.