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authorMichael Lustfield <MTecknology@users.noreply.github.com>2018-01-08 16:48:42 -0600
committerKim "BKC" Carlbäcker <kim.carlbacker@gmail.com>2018-01-08 23:48:42 +0100
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# Register as a Windows Service
-To register Gitea as a Windows service, first run `cmd` as an Administrator, and then run the following command:
+To register Gitea as a Windows service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator,
+then run the following command:
```
sc 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 your real Gitea folder.
+Do not forget to replace `C:\gitea` with the correct Gitea directory.
-After, open "Windows Services", search for the service named "gitea", right-click it and click on "Run". If everything is OK you should be able to reach Gitea on `http://localhost:3000` (or the port is was configured, if different than 3000).
+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).
## Unregister as a service
-To unregister Gitea as a service, open `cmd` as an Administrator and run:
+To unregister Gitea as a service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator and run:
```
sc delete gitea