Start syncthing in background without shell window / as a Windows service

I like to use NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager) for executables that aren’t service aware. You can download it here: https://nssm.cc/download

Extract a copy of NSSM.exe and drop it in the same folder with Syncthing.exe. Then open a command prompt from that folder and type this: nssm install Syncthing

Then browse for the Syncthing.exe and then set the home path with the -home option. Here is a screenshot of how mine is setup:

This seems to be working perfect so far. Even when restarting from the webui.

Edit: Duh, I see NSSM has already come up several times in this thread. Hahaha

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