Running Access Manager as a Service

Access Manager may be run as a service, meaning that it will run once Windows has booted but before anyone has logged in. When run as a service, Access Manager will be restarted if it stops running for any reason.

You may have any number of databases opened on a PC as a service providing they do not have conflicting interfaces.

Installing the Service

  1. Select Edit...Options from the Access Manager menu.

  2. Select p Run as a service.

  3. Select from the drop list the user the service will log in as.

  4. If you wish Access Manager to be displayed when someone logs into Windows, select p Allow user interaction.

  5. Press     OK    .

Uninstalling the Service

Uninstalling Using Access Manager

If you are not using a multi-session database or do not wish to start a session:

  1. Run the Windows services manager, either from the Windows Control Panel, or by selecting Run... from the Windows Start button, typing in service.msc, and presssing     OK    .

  2. Locate the relevant Access Manager service.

  3. Stop the Access Manager service (eg by using Action...Stop from the Services menu).

  4. Run Access Manager as a normal application (eg from the Windows Start button) and open the relevant database.

  5. Select Edit...Options from the Access Manager menu.

  6. Deselect p Run as a service.

  7. Press     OK    .

If you are using a multi-session database and can open a session on to it:

  1. Select Edit...Options from the Access Manager menu.

  2. Deselect p Run as a service.

  3. Press     OK    .

Uninstalling Using the Windows Command Prompt

This will simultaneously remove all Access Manager services from a PC.

  1. Use Windows Explorer to locate the Access Manager folder.

  2. Select the text in the Address box and press Ctrl-C on the keyboard.

  3. From the Windows Start button select Run....

  4. Type in cmd.exe and press     OK    , which will display a command window.

  5. In the command window type cd followed by a space.

  6. Right-click on the command window title bar, and select Edit...Paste from the pop-up menu, which should cause the Access Manager folder name to appear in full (eg C:\Program Files\CoastSys\AccessManager).

  7. Press the Return button on the keyboard.

  8. Type in the first two characters from the Access Manager folder name (eg C:), and press the Return button on the keyboard.

  9. Type in DeleteAMServices /u, and press the Return button on the keyboard.