https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/activity/Recent activity for WinRun4JenThu, 29 Jan 2026 12:04:09 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#11f9Yes, you can use WinRun4J for this scenario, but the error you’re seeing happens because Windows services expect applications to respond quickly to the Service Control Manager, while Minecraft servers take time to initialize and don’t natively behave like services. A common workaround is to use a service wrapper such as WinRun4J or NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager), which is specifically designed to run long-running console apps like Java servers as background services. These tools handle startup...James WilsonThu, 29 Jan 2026 12:04:09 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#11f9https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#11f9Yes, you can use WinRun4J for this scenario, but the error you’re seeing happens because Windows services expect applications to respond quickly to the Service Control Manager, while Minecraft servers take time to initialize and don’t natively behave like services. A common workaround is to use a service wrapper such as WinRun4J or NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager), which is specifically designed to run long-running console apps like Java servers as background services. These tools handle startup...James WilsonThu, 29 Jan 2026 11:53:04 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#11f9https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#66f1Hi! You can use WinRun4J as a launcher wrapper for your Minecraft server JAR to run it as a Windows service — since WinRun4J is essentially a configurable Java launcher that lets you specify classpath, main class, JVM args, etc., via an .ini file, it can be much more reliable than trying to launch java -jar directly as a service. For example, configure a .ini pointing at your server’s main class and include the appropriate memory and JVM flags, and WinRun4J will handle the startup as a service-friendly...Alex PayneThu, 18 Dec 2025 10:06:45 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#66f1https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#66f1Hi! You can use WinRun4J as a launcher wrapper for your Minecraft server JAR to run it as a Windows service — since WinRun4J is essentially a configurable Java launcher that lets you specify classpath, main class, JVM args, etc., via an .ini file, it can be much more reliable than trying to launch java -jar directly as a service. For example, configure a .ini pointing at your server’s main class and include the appropriate memory and JVM flags, and WinRun4J will handle the startup as a service-friendly...Alex PayneThu, 18 Dec 2025 10:05:43 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#66f1https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/b3c1b7cf/?limit=25#be72Hi, I tried to create a service from my executable jar, I got a could not access Service manager error. I then tried to run the Service example, i get the same error. I am using windows10 edition, plese help resolve my issue. D:\Final_Driver_SM>service.exe --WinRun4J:RegisterService [info] Module Name: D:\Final_Driver_SM\service.exe [info] Module INI: D:\Final_Driver_SM\service.ini [info] Module Dir: D:\Final_Driver_SM\ [info] INI Dir: D:\Final_Driver_SM\ [info] Registering Service... [err] Could...Ganesh GaikwadTue, 25 Jul 2023 12:40:24 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/b3c1b7cf/?limit=25#be72https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#9519This issue is for along time ago. I imagine that, maybe someone needs compiled version. It is used Visual studio 2013. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ot6Uqf8t6NDy8bhVhOiMNUX_4RfeGxXk/view?usp=sharingselami tastanSat, 05 Sep 2020 13:22:00 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#9519https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#ce13Hi I'm wondering if I can use this to setup to run minecraft server jar as service in windows server 2016 I have tried to use sc create "Minecraft Forge Server" binpath="java -Xmx3G -Xms1G -jar forge-server.jar" It creates a server but I get "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." error. Can I use WinRun4J for something like that? ThanksLepa71Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:37:01 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/296c13e343/?limit=25#ce13https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/ced13c8250/?limit=25#d7cfMY Application uses the basic getSystemClipboard functionality offered by Java . The Jar when run through java -jar is able to access the System clipboard, but when invoked through WinRun4J64.exe, every other functionality works fine except Clipboard access. Always get error like UnsupportedFlavorException Unicode String for any Text available on Clipboard. Is there any specific settings needs to be mentioned in .INI file ? JDK / JRE - 1.8.0_111 Windows : 8 GUI invoked through Wrapper / Luncher gives...Jyotiraditya RathTue, 03 Mar 2020 08:57:54 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/ced13c8250/?limit=25#d7cfhttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2/4b9fLike you, I tried to build with a more recent VS version (both 2015 and 2019, community edition is free). What I found: 1. Add _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS and remove TINY from preprocessor options, as these versions have a more complete standard libc 2. Disabling /SAFESEH for linking and /NODEFAULTLIB, so we do not use ..\lib\msvcrt.lib and lib\wcrt.libPatrice MandinMon, 06 May 2019 10:28:57 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2/4b9fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2/4b9fLike you, I tried to build with a more recent VS version (both 2015 and 2019, community edition is free). What I found: 1. Add _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS and remove TINY from preprocessor options, as these versions have a more complete standard libc 2. Disabling /SAFESEH for linking and also remove ..\lib\msvcrt.lib (as this one is already present) 3. It also uses wcrt.lib http://wcrt.sourceforge.net/ which is very old, and may need fixes, or maybe removed from linker options like lib\msvcrt.lib ?Patrice MandinMon, 06 May 2019 10:21:52 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2/4b9fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2/4b9fLike you, I tried to build with a more recent VS version (both 2015 and 2019, community edition is free). What I found: 1. Add _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS and remove TINY from preprocessor options, as these versions have a more complete standard libc 2. Disabling /SAFESEH for linking and also remove ..\lib\msvcrt.lib (as this one is already present) 3. It also uses wcrt.lib http://wcrt.sourceforge.net/ which is very old, and may need fixesPatrice MandinMon, 06 May 2019 08:58:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2/4b9fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2Hello, somebody has the latest build environment configurations on which this was last successfully built? I'd been struggling with the built with latest visual studio and Windows SDK.Malcolm DavisWed, 20 Mar 2019 23:04:08 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/630f0f91/?limit=25#ebc2https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/3e815034/?limit=25#5f4cIt seems that the semicolon ; is interpreted as a comment in the WinRun4J ini file. For example: vmarg.34=-Ddb.url=jdbc:sqlserver://sqlsrvdev1.proj.vipera.com:1433;databaseName=foo;clusterName;bar the part ";databaseName... " is no longer present in the db.url system property Can Winrun4j be configured to use a different comment character which is not ';' ?Silvano MaffeisThu, 18 Jan 2018 15:57:15 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/3e815034/?limit=25#5f4chttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/590dc7cc/?limit=25#03feIn the link you posted at the end, notice that they set "service.class=org.boris.winrun4j.MainService". Well, that "MainService" class implements the Service interface for you, but then you also have to add the "class" setting to your INI, which tells the "MainService" which of your classes to execute.Augur Systems, Inc.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 06:45:10 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/590dc7cc/?limit=25#03fehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/848bc9e7/?limit=25#102eFrom my reading of the instructions, I think any JVM arguments have to be in the INI file, as "vmarg.1" etc. Anything you add to the exe's command line as arguments just go to your Java class's main() as args, not to the JVM's initialization . (I'm just investigating the system now, and haven't tested yet, but that's what I understood from reading, so I could be mistaken.)Augur Systems, Inc.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 06:34:15 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/848bc9e7/?limit=25#102ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/1f41feb6/?limit=25#87d2Sir, I was trying to use winrun4j to create window services using Java. Though vm.location is mentioned, it fails to load JVM.dll. Please advice. [err] ERROR: Could not load library: C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jdk1.8.0_151\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll [err] Error starting Java VM. This is the error obtained on attempting to start the service.Jentu JainTue, 14 Nov 2017 07:10:34 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/1f41feb6/?limit=25#87d2https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/1f41feb6/?limit=25#87d2Sir, I was trying to use winrun4j to create window services using Java. Though vm.location is mentioned, it fails to load JVM.dll. Please advice.Jentu JainTue, 14 Nov 2017 06:51:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/1f41feb6/?limit=25#87d2https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/c6746935/?limit=25#8942Hello, Opened 'WinRun4J64.exe' as an application and observed the JVM arguments list in Java VisualVM. Found two extra options 'abort exit' at the end of JVM arguments. Could you please elaborate the use of these options? Thanks in advance!NivashiniWed, 25 Oct 2017 11:41:04 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/c6746935/?limit=25#8942https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/bd22a814/?limit=25#a3f2Hi, I have a strange problem with Winrun4j and the passage to WIN 10. Sometimes I have this errror in my Winrun4j log : [info] Module Name: C:\TestApp\TestApp.exe [info] Module INI: C:\TestApp\TestApp.ini [info] Module Dir: C:\TestApp\ [info] INI Dir: C:\TestApp\ [warn] Single Instance Shutdown Here my TestApp.ini working.directory=. classpath.1=test-starter.jar main.class=Start vm.heapsize.preferred=256 log=./deploy/logs/streams.log log.overwrite=true single.instance=process Where can be the problem... FredArtesThu, 08 Jun 2017 08:57:23 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/bd22a814/?limit=25#a3f2https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/37dbd7a4/?limit=25#0430Hello, i have a folder called plugins where exists many directories, called org.plugin.one,...Francisco Morosini Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:20:21 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/37dbd7a4/?limit=25#0430https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/848bc9e7/?limit=25#290fThe (integrated) INI file for my launcher contains the option: vm.heapsize.max.percent=50...TomKMon, 28 Sep 2015 12:10:27 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/848bc9e7/?limit=25#290fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/034433f7/?limit=25#24daHi there, we've started using winrun4j and absolutely love it. However our corporate...Ben SpillerWed, 15 Apr 2015 10:52:54 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/034433f7/?limit=25#24dahttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/2f26d443/?limit=25#1055Nevermind. I must have fat-fingered something because it works as advertised.Jordan ThompsonSat, 11 Apr 2015 00:21:17 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/2f26d443/?limit=25#1055https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/2f26d443/?limit=25#5e2eI am currently using WinRun4J and it works great. I need the service to run as adminstrator....Jordan ThompsonFri, 10 Apr 2015 22:40:12 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/2f26d443/?limit=25#5e2ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/bb3c7244/?limit=25#df65We're using the wrapper for a GUI (non-console) application and love it - but find...Ben SpillerMon, 23 Mar 2015 16:31:35 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/bb3c7244/?limit=25#df65https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/bb3c7244/?limit=25#df65We're using the wrapper for a GUI (non-console) application and love it - but find...Ben SpillerMon, 23 Mar 2015 16:24:05 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/bb3c7244/?limit=25#df65https://sourceforge.nethttp%3A//sourceforge.net/projects/winrun4j/files/OldFiles/winrun4j-0.0.1.zip/downloadWinRun4JWed, 07 Jan 2015 18:16:36 -0000http://sourceforge.net/projects/winrun4j/files/OldFiles/winrun4j-0.0.1.zip/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/4ccbda02/?limit=25#dba1Hi, Thanks for this wonderful project. I need to know whether we need to have separate...Sathes Kumar SubramanianWed, 09 Jul 2014 03:06:05 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/4ccbda02/?limit=25#dba1https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608Hi! I'm new to WinRun4J but very interested as it has Eclipse plugin. I added WinRun4J...nikmanMon, 07 Jul 2014 07:16:12 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608Hi! I'm new to WinRun4J but very interested as it has Eclipse plugin. I added WinRun4J...nikmanMon, 07 Jul 2014 07:15:34 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608Hi! I'm new to WinRun4J but very interested as it has Eclipse plugin. I added WinRun4J...nikmanMon, 07 Jul 2014 07:14:20 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608Hi! I'm new to WinRun4J but very interested as it has Eclipse plugin. I added WinRun4J...nikmanMon, 07 Jul 2014 06:59:21 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/5dc8fc24/?limit=25#3608https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/590dc7cc/?limit=25#18eeHi, I am trying to convert my java application to windows service. I have downloaded...ashaFri, 04 Apr 2014 11:08:20 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/590dc7cc/?limit=25#18eehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6eHi I wonder if WinRun4J is supported for windows 2012. Can I use it to run application...pingThu, 20 Mar 2014 10:00:30 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6eHi I wonder if WinRun4J is supported for windows 2012. Can I use it to run application...pingThu, 20 Mar 2014 07:26:49 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6eHi I wonder if WinRun4J is supported for windows 2012. Can I use it to run application...pingThu, 20 Mar 2014 06:19:41 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6eHi I wonder if WinRun4J is supported for windows 2012. Can I use it to run application...pingThu, 20 Mar 2014 05:42:32 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6eHi I wonder if WinRun4J is supported for windows 2012. Can I use it to run application...pingThu, 20 Mar 2014 04:04:57 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6eI wonder if WinRun4J is supported for windows 2012. Can I use it to run application...pingWed, 19 Mar 2014 10:31:24 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/fad96986/?limit=25#3e6ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/201656c3/?limit=25#5cfaHowdy, fairly desperately trying to run the WinRun4J examples/test examples with...David BrownMon, 10 Feb 2014 18:00:26 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/201656c3/?limit=25#5cfahttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/607f3cd7/?limit=25#869aHowdy, I was able to get the example test project in Eclipse: INITest.java to run...David BrownMon, 10 Feb 2014 17:14:09 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/607f3cd7/?limit=25#869ahttps://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/e0ac0bed/?limit=25#8b09Howdy, notwithstanding I have winrun4j successfully git repo cloned and created as...David BrownFri, 07 Feb 2014 22:36:01 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/winrun4j/discussion/693148/thread/e0ac0bed/?limit=25#8b09