Never mind, the instructions are more or less right. Had issues because of the errors the non depreciated versions of the commands throw, plus configs in the wrong place. I would still love to know where the default torrc should be for a Windows service if you don't specify it.<br>
<br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000ff;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.0764591379341868">To make Vidalia work again in Window after making Tor a service</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break">
1. CD into c:\Program Files\Vidalia Bundle\Tor and run:</span><br><p dir="ltr" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">tor --hash-password somepassword</span></p>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Note:This is the hash you will use.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">2: Add this to the torrc you will locate in C:\ </span><br>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ControlPort 9051</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">HashedControlPassword 16:B0AB72FC4E3A30D560A3524C79E7F26CF350A8504E73210426CCBE2373</span></p>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">3. If the service is already installed, run:</span><br>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">tor -remove </span></p>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">4. Not run this to set up your config:</span><br>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">tor -install -options -f C:\torrc ControlPort 9051</span></p>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">5. Now when you start, Vidalia will ask for the password to connect.<br>
<br>Adrian<br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:irongeek@irongeek.com">irongeek@irongeek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi all,<br> I've tried t use a combination of the insturctions here:<br><br><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorFAQ#HowdoIrunmyTorrelayasanNTservice" target="_blank">https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorFAQ#HowdoIrunmyTorrelayasanNTservice</a><br>
<br>and here:<br><br><a href="https://trac-vidalia.torproject.org/projects/vidalia/wiki/FAQ#ExistingTor" target="_blank">https://trac-vidalia.torproject.org/projects/vidalia/wiki/FAQ#ExistingTor</a><br><br>to no avail. The service runs fine in Windows 7, but Vidalia will never prompt me for a password for connecting to the live Tor. Tried with 0.2.1.30 and 0.2.2.30. <br>
<br>Where am I suppose to locate my Torrc in case that I'm running it as an NT service? I've tried a few locations,<br clear="all"><br><br>As a side note, running "tor -install" says the option is depreciated, but using the recommended "tor --service install" give the error:<br>
Jul 28 15:41:53.469 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Unknown option 'service'. Failing.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Adrian<br><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." ~ W. Somerset Maugham<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." ~ W. Somerset Maugham<br>