# Migrating to Windows Service Installation

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-to-windows-service-installation/433
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-to-windows-service-installation/433 "2017-09-04T18:23:08Z")
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### Author: ![mrtumnus](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/mrtumnus/32/3918_2.png) [@mrtumnus](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/mrtumnus)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-to-windows-service-installation/433/10 "2021-03-25T14:02:21Z")

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Thanks for the background. It looks like the ‘official’ guide here has both locations mentioned:

> [@Migrating from User to Service install on Windows](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660):
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> Thanks to @martijnsmith for giving me the boost needed to “how-to” this! If you want to run Duplicati as a Windows service instead of under a specific user account OR maybe you find that you keep getting errors such as the following, it could be that you’re running Duplicati under a user install for a non-administrator user. System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '\<path\>' is denied. Firstly, congratulations on not doing everyday work as an administrator! slight_smile …

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