Installing as Windows Service in Windows 7 Ultimate

[syth]

Downloaded SABnzbd 0.6.1 and installed it, and launched it normally to make sure everything came up, which it did. I then shutdown and opened up cmd and this is what I type:

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cd c:\Program Files\SABnzbd
SABnzbd-service.exe -f "c:\Program Files\SABnzbd\SABnzbd.exe" install

And then this is what I get back:

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Installing service SABnzbd
Error installing service: Access is denied. <5>
Cannot set required Registry info

I am running cmd when logged in as the admin user.

Also, in the http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/sabnzbd-as-a-windows-service wiki, the -f implies that it should be the path to the .ini file, since right after the command it says

The -f parameter is required. When running as a service, SABnzbd will be in "daemon" mode
and will not get the INI-file location from the user profile.

[shypike]

I don't think you read the instructions
or you might have seen that you need to install two services.
Also, the -f parameter is incorrect.

http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/sabnzbd-as-a-windows-service

[syth]

I don't think you read the instructions
or you might have seen that you need to install two services.

I did read the instructions. I posted a link to the instructions. I copied text from the instructions in my post. I have not gotten as far as installing the second service since installing the first service fails. Even if I try to installer the helpper service, I get the same "Access denied" error

Also, the -f parameter is incorrect.

Is incorrect how? Nowhere in the link does it specify exactly what is supposed to be in the .

[shypike]

Right.
You are doing this from a command prompt that you "run as administrator", I hope?
Not just logged in as admin, that's not good enough.
You need maximum privileges to do this.

-f expects the path to the sabnzbd.ini file, so like:
c:\my\full\path\sabnzbd.ini or just c:\my\full\path