[tor-bugs] #18111 [Tor bundles/installation]: Add ability to run Tor as Windows service

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#18111: Add ability to run Tor as Windows service
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     Reporter:  xvilka                    |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
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 Now, when Vidalia is not available anymore, what do you think about
 including simple *.bat file, that add Tor.exe as Windows service to
 autostart?

 command inside this bat file should be

 sc.exe create <new_service_name> binPath=
 "<path_to_the_service_executable>"

 See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582108/create-windows-service-
 from-executable

 But this will require to build Tor.exe with special main function:

 VOID WINAPI ServiceMain(
   _In_ DWORD  dwArgc,
   _In_ LPTSTR *lpszArgv
 );

 See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
 us/library/windows/desktop/ms685138%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

 Or it could be a simplest wrapper running Tor.exe

 So people wouldn't need to run it every time from console. After running
 this script Tor will be added as a service and will be started
 automatically on reboot.

 This bug inspired by personal experience, after killing Vidalia and a
 questions in the internet:

 http://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/6496/tor-expert-bundle-on-windows-
 no-installation-instructions

 http://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/6198/is-the-latest-tor-0-2-5-10
 -expert-bundle-broken/6199#6199

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