• Run most executable: 16 bit (Dos, Windows, OS/2), 32 bit, 64 bit, batch files, scripts (VBScript, JScript) as a service.
• Run custom applications developed using Visual Basic, Java, PowerBuilder or Delphi as a service.
• Launch the wizard to run any application or script as a service in one click.
• Allow your GUI programs to interact with the desktop and access network resources simultaneously.
• Specify parameters passed to the application.
• Specify window position at startup.
• Display the newly created service icon in the taskbar to control it.
• Specify standard input/output file redirection.
• Create environment variables specific to the application process.
• Restore user mapped network drives when the process starts.
• Select the application priority (High, AboveNormal, Normal, BelowNormal, Idle).
• Run multiple processes within the same service without ending up with orphan processes when the service is stopped.
• On multiprocessor systems, select the processor(s) on which the application will run.
• Reports private errors to the event log.

• Easily define different running states according to week days or hours.
• The application can be automatically restarted if it crashed or if it terminates unexpectedly (for instance, when a user closes the application).
• Restart the application at a specific time to clean-up unreleased memory, handles, etc.
• Stop the application during backups or when the application should not be used (e.g. week-ends, at night, etc.).
• Start the application at a specific time (back-up, specific programs).
• Stop the application while the service remains started.

ServiceMill lets you execute custom programs (batch file, scripts or programs dependencies,...) at different points during the application life cycle:

• "When the service starts", the event called by the service at starting time.
• "When the application is about to be started", the event called by the service just before launching the application.
• "When the application has been started", the event called by the service when the application has just been started.
• "When the application teminates unexpectedly", the event called by the service when the application is not stopped by ServiceMill.
• "When the service is about to be stopped", the event called by the service when it is about to be stopped while the application remains alive.
• "When the application is about to be stopped", the event called by the service just before it tries to close the application.
• "When the application has stopped", the event called by the service when the application has just been stopped.

ServiceMill Exe Builder lets you compile your ServiceMill service into a standalone executable. The standalone executable can embed any files that are required to run your application. Executable can be freely redistributed. Settings are provided to control how and where the service is installed (full control on the files location, embedded dlls, security, service name, add/remove entries etc.). Services can be compiled using a command line for easy integration into a build environment.