Making you Service autostart with Windows $ sc config MyService start= auto Also, you can configure the services that are needed to make it work, like database support: $ sc config MyService start= auto dependency= MySql The space after the equal sign is needed for the command to complete successfully. _____ source of cheat: http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/win32.html
cheat sheets.
$ cheat win32_sc