Running VRLServer.exe as a service

[biglolly]

Anyone know how this is done on windows 2000?

Cheers.

[natty]

Go to the control panel ..... and schedule it as a task ..

[jujubee]

I think also you can do it as a service still (this is win xp so directory structure may differ):

command line browse to 3dsmax folder
VRaySpawner60.exe -service

then:

then administrative tools services
set it to run automatically from the list/properties

to uninstall:

VRaySpawner60.exe -unregserver
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The other method I used was to simply copy a shortcut of the file to the startup menu.

[trixian]

Yup, Jujubee is correct. Remember to give the service the proper rights by editing its properties and letting it log in as administrator or what ever account you are using on your network for full access. Natty's way only starts it as a process, like running it manually, and to be honest, it would then be easier to drop a shortcut to it in the programs>start-up folder in your start menu.

[natty]

cool ....good advice ...

[DanielBrew]

Hi All,

I don't want to butt in here but wasn't Biglolly asking about VRLServer.exe - the VRay licence server? If not does anyone know how to install this as a service? I would find that useful.

Dan

[Da_elf]

i just put it in my startup

[dbuchhofer]

the advantage of having it start as a task is that you can have the lic server running before you log into the machine.. (And also it doesn't show up in the tray then..)

[jujubee]

oops - should work for that too.

[biglolly]

Yup I was asking about the license server Cheers for the responses anyways. I used a wee utility for windows 2000 that I downloaded that starts it up each time I boot my computer. I think it just entered details in to the registry.

[DanielBrew]

oops - should work for that too.

It does! I've just got it working!

I did as Natty suggested and scheduled VRLServer to run as a task when then computer is rebooted. I didn't know you can schedule a program to run when nobody is logged in to the computer.

I installed the VRLServer on the the server where all the maps, matlibs and meshes are stored and it was a pain to remember to login to the server before I could login to my workstation.

Thanks for the tips,

Dan