How to run java application as Windows Service?

Procrun is the answer. And thankfully this product is from the open source company Apache.

Procrun is a set of libraries and applications for making Java applications to run on WIN32 much easier.

Prunsrv is a service application for running applications as services. It can convert any application to run as a service.

Prunmgr is a GUI application for monitoring and configuring procrun services.

FYI: Apache Tomcat service in win32 uses the procrun service.

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