Running Growl as a Windows Service

Question

Is there a way to run Growl as a Windows Service? I searched around SO, but have not found a solution, please let me know if there is one out there already.

Answer 1

Have you tried Microsoft's Srvany? Its pretty basic but should get the job done if your needs are the same.

This tutorial showing how to configure Growl with AlwaysUp should give you an idea of what to expect when running Growl as a Windows Service.

Answer 2

The excellent link to AlwaysUp, provided by mservidio, clearly states that visual notifications will likely be a problem:

Note: When you run Growl as a Windows Service, it may not be visible on your desktop. This
may render the visual notifications useless but the non-visual notifications (email, forwarding, etc.) should function normally.

I would guess that the reason for this is that growl will try to send notification to the user who started Growl... which is whatever is configured in your windows service, e.g. SYSTEM. Which means you won't see them, because growl doesn't run for your user session.

I have also been wondering how to direct notifications to specific users / sessions. There doesn't seem to be any documentation on this, so I must assume it's currently not supported.