NSSM - Non Sucking Service Manager

Peter Evans -

NSSM is the Non-Sucking_Service-Manager.

It allows you to install any application as a Windows Service.

  1. Download NSSM from https://nssm.cc/download
  2. Extract the downloaded file. You should see the folder structure below
  1. Depending on which version of Windows you are using (x32 or x64) open the relevent folder which revels NSSM.exe.
  2. Copy NSSM.exe to C:\Windows\System32
  3. Open up a command prompt (start > CMD.exe) as an administrator
  4. Type NSSM install "servicename" like the image below
  1. Fill in the details, example above shows CCleaner.
  2. Click "Install Service"
  3. To start the service, you can go back to your CMD prompt and type "nssm start ccleaner"
  4. alternatively you can start the service through the GUI, you can do so by going to "start" > Services > Ccleaner >right click > start
  1. To uninstall the service, run CMD again this time type nssm remove ccleaner