If it's a COM server, it should always start automatically. COMRETURNERROR will allow your server to return appropriate error messages without crashing. Other than this, you could the SRVANY utility, but I find that a lot less smooth...
>I have a VFP exe that I want to be on ALL of the time.
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>Is it possible to make a VFP application (exe) a service on Win 2000?
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>Will the program restart if it does crash for some reason?