# Syncthing Windows Installer **URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-windows-installer/2009 **Category:** Development **Created:** [March 7, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-windows-installer/2009 "2015-03-07T14:19:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 12
### Author: ![canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/canton7/32/9528_2.png) [@canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/canton7) #### Post date: [March 8, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-windows-installer/2009/12 "2015-03-08T11:54:25Z")
> [@Rewt0r](#): > > I’ve just been checking that forum post out, looks very good not too sure on the name but I do agree from the screenshots I’ve seen, it is what Syncthing should be shipped as for all OSes not just Windows but this is a start. > > @AudriusButkevicius @calmh do you still want me to update that repo or would you rather have talks with @canton7 to see if it can be renamed to simply “Syncthing” and made part of the automated builds? Heh, they say the 2 hardest problems in computer science are cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors. Naming things is the bit I suck most at. You can tell it was never meant to become “official” anyway! 😛 I’m happy to re-brand if the community deems that the most sensible approach, but I have reservations about using the ‘Syncthing’ name: that would cause undue confusion. Saying “Syncthing is a windows host for Syncthing” in a clear way is not something I want to attempt! > [@AudriusButkevicius](#): > > I guess if @canton7 adds service control, his thing becomes superior to nssm + SyncthingTray?In which case perhaps we should offer that as the default thing for Windows I’ve replied to your post in the SyncTrayzor thread: > [@SyncTrayzor: Windows host for Syncthing. Installer, auto-start, built-in browser, tray icon, folder watcher, and more](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/synctrayzor-windows-host-for-syncthing-installer-auto-start-built-in-browser-tray-icon-folder-watcher-and-more/2011/17): > > I have reservations about installing as a service. My take on it is that Syncthing is an inherently user-level application. It synchronizes the user’s files, with the user’s permissions, using configuration from the user’s AppData. It therefore needs to be run at the user, when the user logs in. Running it with elevated (LOCALADMIN) permissions is just asking for trouble in all sorts of places: file permissions, security - you’ve just opened an attack vector for people to edit previously-unedit… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-windows-installer/2009)._