aiforge/docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md

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date: "2016-12-21T15:00:00-02:00"
title: "Register as a Windows Service"
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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:

```
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.

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).

## Unregister as a service

To unregister Gitea as a service, open `cmd` as an Administrator and run:

```
sc delete gitea
```