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# Running Minio as a service on Windows
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## Install Minio service
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Download and install the [Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17657). It
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is old, but still works on recent Windows versions. On the latest Windows versions you'll get a warning message, but you can run
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it anyhow by clicking on "Run the program without getting help".
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Start cmd.exe and install the Minio service:
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```
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sc create Minio binPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\srvany.exe" DisplayName="Minio Cloudstorage"
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```
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Now we need to configure srvany using regedit. Start regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Minio and
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create a new key called Parameters.
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![](./screenshots/windows-configure-registry.png?raw=true)
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Within the new key create a new String value called Application and enter the path of your Minio binary. (eg. C:\Minio\bin\minio.exe) And create
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another String value called AppParameters with value `server c:\data` where c:\data will be the location of the data folder.
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When you start services, look for the Minio service and start and stop (or make it automatically start at reboots) the service.
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![](./screenshots/windows-configure-startup-type.png?raw=true)
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It is a good (and secure) practice to create a new user, assign rights to the data folder to this user and change the service Log On info to use the newly created user.
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![](./screenshots/windows-configure-user.png?raw=true)
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## Delete Minio service
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If you want to remove the Minio service, just enter the following command from the command line.
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```
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sc delete Minio
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```
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