Start Episode Butler as Windows 7 service?

[tret]

Has anyone been able to get Episode Butler set up to autostart on Windows 7 Bootup without disabling UAC?

[Eejit]

Yes.
I have it start via Task Scheduler, triggered on user log-on and when a network is detected.
Not as a service, but it work's for me

[tret]

Yes.
I have it start via Task Scheduler, triggered on user log-on and when a network is detected.
Not as a service, but it work's for me

Hey Eejit, you mind posting the steps on how you accomplished this? You were able to do this without disabling or altering UAC?

Thanks

[Eejit]

Hi tret,
the UAC is still at the Default level. Here is the .xml for my scheduled task. Just copy it and rename it to "Start EB.xml" You will obviously have to edit a couple of tags :-
Eejit-PC-Win7\Eejit
Eejit-PC-Win7\Eejit
to suit your PC name and user account. All you should need to do is import it as a task and then edit it as you see fit.
This is the easiest way I can think of describing what I've done. This is Win 7 Pro x64 BTW

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2009-10-23T14:21:05.6066</Date>
    <Author>Eejit-PC-Win7\Eejit</Author>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <LogonTrigger>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <UserId>Eejit-PC-Win7\Eejit</UserId>
    </LogonTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>Eejit-PC-WIN7\Eejit</UserId>
      <LogonType>Password</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>true</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>true</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
    <RestartOnFailure>
      <Interval>PT1M</Interval>
      <Count>3</Count>
    </RestartOnFailure>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>"C:\Program Files (x86)\SABnzbd\Episodebutler\Episodebutler.exe"</Command>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

Hope this helps. PM if you require more info.

[tret]

Hey Eejit,

Works great, thanks for posting this!

Rob

[Eejit]

No problems mate.  Glad you got it sorted.  You can add the "-nogui" switch to the command to make EB start quietly.

[tret]

No problems mate.  Glad you got it sorted.  You can add the "-nogui" switch to the command to make EB start quietly.

Yup, did exactly that since it's a little silly to have the browser launch with it.

[teamscooby]

All I did was add it into the registry:

Start / Run / Regedit

HKEY Local Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Create a new string value and enter the location to the .exe file for Episode Butler, I also added the  "-nogui" to the end so it doesnt launch in the browser when windows starts.

hope this helps