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I made Sabnzbd a Windows service (latest version 0615), but now when I try to configure the settings and input the downloads folder path I get this error: Incorrect parameter
Cannot create complete_dir folder y:\sab

The y: folder is a share folder on my server. This worked fine when I ran SAB locally as a program. I also wanted to say that I changed the service to use a local logon account, my account, which is the same account I used to run SAB when I ran it locally. Any help on this? I want to make all my startup programs services.

Thanks.

Windows Services generally cannot handle drive letters.
You need to use UNC paths, like \\server\share.

shypike wrote:Windows Services generally cannot handle drive letters.
You need to use UNC paths, like \\server\share.

I forgot to mention that I tried the fully qualified network path and that didn't work either. I tried using diff login accounts, just about everything and for some reason the service was unable to create the folders. Where does the service keep the settings? I was forced to go back to the regular *.exe run. And now, my parity drive dies on my unraid server. I just can't get any luck!

Use the Service manager to do additional settings for SABnzbd.
Most info is in the standard places in the registry.

shypike wrote:Use the Service manager to do additional settings for SABnzbd.
Most info is in the standard places in the registry.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by service manager.

Also, to make a long story short I completely deleted/uninstalled my sabnzbd installation and reinstalled. Configured the settings again, and the paths went in fine this time. I'm still not running it as a service yet, that's because Sickbeard doesn't really run as a service and may just make things more difficult.

Service Manager is a part of Windows.