Autostart and NT Service

In order to have OLfolders started with Windows, you may configure it either as auto start application or as NT Service. The service is started before the log on dialog of Windows appears, however rights management may be more difficult, depending on where your data files are.

OLfolders operates both as a normal program and as an NT service. Compared with normal programs, services offer the following advantages:

• Services are started without requiring a user to be logged on to the computer.
• Services continue to run even if the user has logged out.
• The service can run under a different user account.
  

Please choose the startup method in tools/options. You have three options:

• Interactive service: The service must run under the user account “Local System”. As Local system, you can not access your MAPI profiles, because it is impossible to log on as Local System and start Outlook. Instead you may configure a protocol with OLfolders using the menu option “Profiles and data files”.
• Service running under a user account: If the service runs under a user account, it usually can not be interactive, e.g. it will not display any dialogs. If you set the service up as interactive but run under a user account, it may not start properly. In order to manage OLfolders, use the OLfolders Administrator application.
• Autostart with Windows: Starts the server as a normal application after a user is logged on. This option is useful if you want to run the server as program, for example under Windows 95/98/ME or if the service does not run properly as a service because of different user rights.
  

In order to use the application as service, close the server after setting up the service, then start it using Control Panel/Administrative tools/Services.

The easiest way to add ‘Start as service’ to the user account (following the installation) is to open the Control Panel using OLfolders Administrator and to reselect the user account.