Eltima Application as Service 3.0.0.67

Application as Service is an advanced system utility which lets you not only to run any application program executable as Windows service but to create and manage system services locally or on any remote computer as well, benefiting from all of the advantages native Windows services provide.

Unlike standard services which, per se, are non-interactive and run in background, programs started by our utility can respond to user-generated events (mouse clicks, keyboard buttons, etc).
Application as Service offers additional options such as advanced recovery (restart the service your application is started by; restart computer; launch supplementary application), sophisticated dependencies mechanism, pre-service/port-service application start-up, grant your application certain rights/priority, "consistent-application-crash" protection, forceful application exit, graceful console application exit, on-the-fly start-up customization and lots more.
Application as Service is naturally a command line driven application. The graphical user interface it provides is a front-end to console application which helps you grasp the overwhelming number of options and simplifies the whole process of installing and launching your application as service. Alternatively, you can install and start services using XML configuration file which guarantees simple integration and extensibility of Application as Service great features into your own application (OEM license only).