In order to install FST as a service , run "SRVINSTW.EXE" from your "CT-Tools\FileScan Tool" directory. SRVINSTW is a resource-kit tool which can run any program as a service.

FST is specifically written to support commands (start/stop/pause...) from the Service Control Manager. When you install FST as a service be sure to select "Service is its own process" and check "Allow service to interact with desktop". Furthermore it's important NT/2000 doesn't try to start FST to soon. In order to make sure FST starts at the right time, you must manually add a key to the registry (I suggest you use REGEDT32);

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FileScan Tool

The last part "FileScan Tool" is the name you gave the service when you installed it with SRVINSTW. Add the following value;

Value Name : DependOnService
Data Type : REG_MULTI_SZ
Data : LanmanWorkstation

When you use FST as a service be sure to configure the "AutoStart Settings" of FST as "Enable/NT Service" and to only start and stop FST from the Services control-panel!

To help you install FST as a service I have included a registry-file which will add the necessary keys to your registry. This way you don't have to use SRVINSTW to install FST as a service. The registry-file is called "FST_Service.reg" and is located in the installation directory (double-click to execute). The registry-file assumes you have a default installation of FST;

Installed in "c:\program files\ct-tools\filescan tool"

If you have installed FST in a different directory you can still use the registry-file, but will have to use REGEDT32 to change the keys/values after you run the registry-file. After running the registry-file and optionally changing some registry-values, reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

The "DependOnService" value will automatically be added and the service-name will be "FileScan Tool".

NOTE:
When you run FST as a service and you try to copy files over the network through shares, this will cause a problem. The reason is that NT by default runs services with "LocalSystem" privilege. "LocalSystem" is a hidden built-in account which you cannot see or change. This account however only has local privileges and no network privileges.

To circumvent this you can configure the "FileScan Tool" service to run under a different account which does have network privileges. Use the "Control Panel\Services\FileScan Tool\Startup" to configure this. When you do this, you will see that when you configure the service with different privileges, you cannot configure it to "Allow service to interact with desktop". This is not really a problem, but will prevent FST to put itsself in the SystemTray, so you cannot "see" FST is running or easily access the setup. If you want to check FST is running, you can check the logfile or use the Taskmanager and look for a "fst" process.

If you now want to (re)configure FST, use "Control Panel\Services" to stop the service. Start FST from your Start-Menu (it will run from the SysTray but won't be active). Now you can right-click the SysTray icon to enter the setup, make and save your changes and quit FST. Restart FST from "Control Panel\Services".