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authorJonRB <4564448+eeyrjmr@users.noreply.github.com>2022-08-28 16:28:42 +0100
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@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ Open "Windows Services", search for the service named "gitea", right-click it an
"Run". If everything is OK, Gitea will be reachable on `http://localhost:3000` (or the port
that was configured).
+## Adding startup dependancies
+
+To add a startup dependancy to the Gitea Windows service (eg Mysql, Mariadb), as an Administrator, then run the following command:
+
+```
+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: