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 # util-ServiceWrapper
 
+Simple wrapper to start an arbitray executable as a windows service.
+
+## Getting started
+
+Build the project with msbuild/Visual Studio 2017.
+
+Use the sc command to add your service like so:
+```
+sc.exe create "YourServiceName" binPath="Path\to\ServiceWrapper.exe YourServiceName Path\to\your\custom\exe Arg1 Arg2 Arg3... " DisplayName="YourServiceName"
+```
+The arguments 
+``
+Arg1 Arg2 Arg3...
+``
+are optional and will be passed to your custom executable as commandline parameters.
+
+As an example:
+```
+sc.exe create "Nomad" binPath="C:\Programs\ServiceWrapper\TestService.exe Nomad C:\Programs\Nomad\Nomad.exe agent -config=C:\Programs\Nomad\server.conf" DisplayName="Nomad"
+```
+creates a service for the application Nomad and passes its configuration to it.
+
+Erro logs are located in you temp folder in ``ServiceWrapper.log``.
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