

Inside the bin folder you should see (amongst other files) install-service.bat. Locate the folder in which bliss is installed, and then the bin folder therein. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server This varies slightly depending on whether you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Installing the Windows service is really easy you just need to run a batch file. at least until your music library needs re-organising again! Before the new Windows service, the only way to have bliss start automatically at startup was to run bliss as a scheduled task. This way you can set your rules and forget about them. Because it is fully automatic and 'watches' your music collection for additions, removals and changes it makes sense to run bliss automatically at start up. This makes it an ideal candidate for installation as a Windows service.

They are most commonly used with server style applications on the server OSs, such as Windows Home Server or Windows Server 2003 or 2008, but all modern Windows OSes have the feature.īliss is a automatic music organiser that runs in the background and delivers its UI via a Web browser. Windows services are applications configured to run in the background, and optionally automatically when the computer starts. Release 20110809 contained a useful new feature for Windows users bliss is now installable as a Windows service. The basic structure of the user interface is similar though, so I'm keeping these old pages around in case they still contain useful information. This post may contain old screenshots of bliss which has been replaced by a new design.
