How to I make the License Server to run the "VROL.EXE" as a Windows Service? License server stopped after logout

Licensing General
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Hello Support,
How to I make the License Server to run the “VROL.EXE” as a Windows Service?

Whenever I log off the License Server, no one from other computers can use the Server Vray licenses anymore.

It seems that the license daemon is initialized via a Logon shortcut at runtime… doh!
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\Start Chaos License Server.lnk

{ “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\VRLService\OLS\vrlsupervisor.exe” start --vrol-path “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\VRLService\OLS\vrol.exe” }

As part of our enterprise cybersecurity policy, we cannot have autologon user accounts on our Windows2019 servers.
So we really need a Windows Service dameon solution.

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I received a workaround solution from the Support team, to have a Windows service running for the VRAY license manager;

( I had to Downgrade to version 5.5.5 )

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting us.

The new license server does not work as a service. But you can use version 5.5.5 for now it is identical: https://download.chaos.com/downloads/19923/licenseserver-standalone-555-adv
Best Regards,
Aneliya Karadzhova
Chaos Technical Support
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You can also check that thread for alternatives:
https://forums.chaos.com/forum/licensing-forums/licensing-general/1159010-changes-in-chaos-license-server-6-0