# Migrating from User to Service install on Windows

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660
**Category:** How-To
**Created:** [September 16, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660 "2017-09-16T04:18:54Z")
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### Author: ![Alk](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Alk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Alk)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660/59 "2022-09-03T01:24:10Z")

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**If you use the Tray Icon and have password protection on the web user interface** , then you will need to add additional parameters to the Tray Icon shortcut for it to work, after migrating Duplicati to a service.

Open the folder: `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp`  
Right-click the ‘Duplicati 2’ Shortcut → Properties → Remove what is currently in the _‘Target’_ field and replace it with (adjust the path accordingly between the quotes of --server-datafolder=“”):

```nohighlight
Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.exe --no-hosted-server --server-datafolder="<path_to_Duplicati_data_folder>" --read-config-from-db

```

So, for example, in the [latest instructions in post 46](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660/46) from @johnvk , the Duplicati Data Folder is now at “C:\ProgramData\Duplicati\Data” (where the sqlite files now are), so the ‘Target’ field of the ‘Duplicati 2’ shortcut should be:

```nohighlight
Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.exe --no-hosted-server --server-datafolder="C:\ProgramData\Duplicati\Data" --read-config-from-db

```

![duplicati_tray_icon_data_folder](https://forum.duplicati.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/593cbe66bf6b52b66ccd9573ae3028e1274dd0e5.gif)

Furthermore, as @JimboJones points out, in the same way, don’t forget to also correct the (actual) Start Menu shortcut in the folder of: `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs` (scroll to find it in there!)  
…and you may also find a shortcut on your Desktop, which also requires correcting in the same way (located in: `C:\Users\Public\Desktop`).

(Thanks to @kees-z for [originally posting the shortcut fix](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tray-icon-service-mode-windows/13911/10) and also to @johnvk for the service migration instructions).

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