# Syncthing as a Service on Windows

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-as-a-service-on-windows/1934
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 3, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-as-a-service-on-windows/1934 "2015-03-03T22:28:24Z")
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### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-as-a-service-on-windows/1934/18 "2017-05-02T07:43:48Z")

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> [@Start syncthing in background without shell window / as a Windows service](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/start-syncthing-in-background-without-shell-window/163):
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> Hi there! Would it be possible to ad an option to syncthing that made it start in the background, just showing a system try icon and not opening a shell window? In our target environment, we have the computers locked down to the point where shell windows can’t be opened (for securety reasons), and thus syncthing won’t start. This goes kind of in the directon of [this](http://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-syncthing-indicator/29 "this") topic, but the important thing for us is not so much tray notifications but the fact that it starts even when it can’t open up a…

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