# Running Duplicati as a service under Windows' built-in "Administrator" account

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/running-duplicati-as-a-service-under-windows-built-in-administrator-account/10483
**Category:** Installation
**Created:** [August 11, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/running-duplicati-as-a-service-under-windows-built-in-administrator-account/10483 "2020-08-11T18:39:31Z")
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#### Post date: [August 12, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/running-duplicati-as-a-service-under-windows-built-in-administrator-account/10483/4 "2020-08-12T11:35:15Z")

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> [@Taomyn](#):
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> “C:\ProgramData\Duplicati”

This is what I used for awhile before I went to the (rare) plan of .zip file installs to allow version testing.

I didn’t use the link, but put `--server-datafolder` on the service start. A Synology user used the link:

> [@Synology use another path](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/synology-use-another-path/9607/2):
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> This symlink may need to be recreated every now and then. Major DSM upgrades like to wipe out the /root/.config area.

but ultimately:

> [@Migrating from User to Service install on Windows](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-user-to-service-install-on-windows/660/41):
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> Probably any reasonable folder OTHER than the one that steps now give will be safe from twice-yearly Windows clobber.

This referred to manual migration steps, but I’d say the same thing for the default SYSTEM profile use.

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