note marmanold <p>None of the above worked for me on Windows 7 64-bit, but they did lead me in the right direction. <a href="http://iain.cx/src/nssm/">The Non-Sucking Service Manager</a> ended up being the key. Below is the code for the two .bat scripts needed to install a Perl script as a service in Windows 7 64-bit. It should also work in 32-bit versions, but I have not been able to test this yet.</p> <p> install_service.bat<br/> <code> @echo off if defined %ProgramFiles(x86)% ( "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\path_to\your_app\service\nssm.exe" install myService "C:\Program Files (x86)\path_to\your_app\portable_perl\perl\bin\perl.exe" """C:\Program Files (x86)\path_to\your_app\myService.pl""" ) else ( "%ProgramFiles%\path_to\your_app\service\nssm.exe" install myService "C:\Program Files\path_to\your_app\portable_perl\perl\bin\perl.exe" """C:\Program Files\path_to\your_app\myService.pl""" ) net start myService exit </code> </p> <p> remove_service.bat<br/> <code> @echo off net stop myService if defined %ProgramFiles(x86)% ( "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\path_to\your_app\service\nssm.exe" remove myService confirm ) else ( "%ProgramFiles%\path_to\your_app\service\nssm.exe" remove myService confirm ) exit </code> </p> 230377 230377