Starting a Windows service in an interactive session

Question

A colleague has a batch script program which needs to to run on a Windows Server in console mode, so that it has access to a Windows interactive session. The server is reboo

Answer 1

Have you tried having your script run as a Windows service, but allowing it to interact with the desktop?

Specifically:

1. Go to the service properties page
2. Click on the "Log On" tab
3. Select "Local System account"
4. Check "Allow service to interact with desktop"