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Many of you are probably aware that the free version of Hamachi no longer officially supports running as a service.
Is there any way I could still get Hamachi to run as a service?
I need to be able to remotely access my computers from outside of the network when NO user is logged into the computer. Specifically this is important for remote desktop, file sharing, file syncing, and computer backups.
bbodenmiller
Posted 2013-01-01T10:40:38.770
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It appears Hamachi still technical is running as a service but they have chose to monitor by some other means whether the user is actual active or not. If the computer is on the lock screen where you select the user account to login to (even if a user is actually logged in) Hamachi will turn off.
For the above mentioned reasons I have decided to switch to NeoRouter. NeoRouter so far appears to do everything Hamachi did and then some. Built in Windows Remote desktop, Wake-on-Lan, shared folders, command line interface, run from USB drive, network bridging, etc. The only catch is you need one computer that is always on to act as the "server" to tell the other computers how to connect to each other.
A note on setting up the NeoRouter server: When I first installed it it would not connect (which you can test via https://www.neorouter.com/Dashboard/domainstatus.aspx). I solved this by checking the Windows firewall and noticing the NRServer and NRService exceptions were being blocked in my private network.
bbodenmiller
Posted 2013-01-01T10:40:38.770
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it is now 2018, and as I can see, Hamachi runs as a service if you buy a subscription for your network.
I could not find any documentation saying that, but as my experience when I upgraded my network with a paid subscription, I didn't even have to restart the machine or Hamachi, it was automatically reconfigured and run.
Quan
Posted 2013-01-01T10:40:38.770
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This is exactly what the original question was about and doesn't add anything new. Please do not post answers unless they are helpful. – music2myear – 2018-02-12T22:06:57.527
Oh okay, I did not see the word "free". It is better if the title of the question says "How can I run the free version of Hamachi as a service?" Sorry for disturbing. – Quan – 2018-02-12T22:30:59.483
1There are many ways information can be presented more clearly. It behooves us as answerers to read the questions as carefully as we can to make sure we understand as much as possible about the facts of the matter. That said, don't leave. There's still plenty of questions here, and even us high-rep members started at the bottom at one time. So read the Help section, learn how we work, and then dive in. – music2myear – 2018-02-12T22:34:48.657
@music2myear This definitely adds something new. I am running into this problem, it is 2018 and I would like to know if purchasing a paid subscription for Hamachi will cause it to run as a service and resolve the problem indicated in the question. Here is a user pointing out that indeed Hamachi will run as a service if you purchase the paid subscription, even though it doesn't seem to be documented. That is not indicated anywhere else. – Dan Nissenbaum – 2018-09-22T19:21:55.893
I can confirm that upgrading to a paid subscription for the Hamachi VPN network resolves the problem. You can disconnect from (i.e.) RDP and Hamachi stays active on the machine. – Dan Nissenbaum – 2018-09-22T19:32:03.750
I'm glad you found a solution here @DanNissenbaum. However, your needs are different from OP, who specifically needed to know whether a free product could be manipulated to run in a particular way. Essentially you have a different question. – music2myear – 2018-09-24T15:40:42.567
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The problem is not that Hamachi doesn't run as a service anymore, it is more so that it requires Hamachi UI to be running for it to work. Obviously, if one is not logged into their computer, the UI won't be running.
There's a similar question on ServerVault, where the answer allows for transfer of the session back to the local machine instead of logging out (and terminating the UI).
Here's the command: (Note: Number 1 below is your session ID. To know what your current session ID, in the console, run query user or open the task manager and go to users and look at your session ID)
tscon 1 /dest:console
The only caveat is that your local session is now unlocked, so if you'd like lock the computer as well, create a .bat file with the following commands:
tscon 1 /dest:console
rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation
Here's the above mentioned link for more details: https://serverfault.com/questions/7107/how-to-prevent-hamachi-service-stop-when-remote-desktop-disconnects-on-windows-x
Will
Posted 2013-01-01T10:40:38.770
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Thanks for the tip, i added more details for the answer to be self contained. – Will – 2015-06-30T06:22:19.093
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Maybe You can make use of the tool called exe2svc, hosted on here. It can turn any .exe into a service. Just edit the .xml file to Your needs.
Bert Vorenholt
Posted 2013-01-01T10:40:38.770
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Asking for software recommendations is usually not constructive, so I removed that part. If people say it's not possible and happen to suggest alternatives, so be it. I don't know Hamachi all to well but isn't TeamViewer Host a possibility here? – slhck – 2013-01-01T11:55:11.080