GUI enabled for service under windows 2008

[es1968]

Hello everybody, How can I enabled a service to interact with desktop in 2008 Windows server OS ? I have a MFC application which is run by being called by another service which its properties are localsystem and interact with desktop. It works fine at 2003 Windows server OS, but I face problems with 2008 Windows OS (NO GUI enable though I see it as a running process) Any clue how to let it enables the GUI ? I searched the internet and forums for any idea but with not much help. Please advice. Thanks in advance, Eyal

[Lost User]

es1968 wrote:

how to let it enables the GUI ?

It doesn't. Services run in the background and are prevented from having a Windows front end, specifically because they do not have user interaction. You can provide an interface so a normal GUI based program can pass information to and from the service, but that's all that is allowed.

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