# Running as a service on a windows OS

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-as-a-service-on-a-windows-os/37639>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 December 2020 03:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-as-a-service-on-a-windows-os/37639 "2020-12-17T03:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![SuperNinja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/superninja/32/5761_2.png) [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\
**Post date:** [17 December 2020 16:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-as-a-service-on-a-windows-os/37639/8 "2020-12-17T16:55:45Z")

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otherwise you can try this:

> [@How to run node red on startup?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-node-red-on-startup/37336/7):
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> I may have forgotten a step: press the keys: Win + r write: shell:startup this will open a "startup" window open this directory : C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-red.cmd 4.you have to "right click =\> create a shortcut" of node-red.cmd [image] 5.Then dragg and dropp this shortcut into the "Startup" window folder that just opened. And its good wink this time ps. don't forget to put the node-red.cmd back in the original folder

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