Service fails to start on Windows 10 version 1703

[ovidiupruteanu]

These are the logs from Event Viewer:

Service SleepOnLan received START control, which will be handled.
Started C:\Program Files\SleepOnLAN-1.0.0\windows\sol.exe for service SleepOnLan in C:\Program Files\SleepOnLAN-1.0.0\windows.
Program C:\Program Files\SleepOnLAN-1.0.0\windows\sol.exe for service SleepOnLan exited with return code 3221225794.
Killing process tree of process 8252 for service SleepOnLan with exit code 3221225794
Killing PID 8252 in process tree of PID 8252 because service SleepOnLan is stopping.
Service SleepOnLan action for exit code 3221225794 is Restart. Attempting to restart C:\Program Files\SleepOnLAN-1.0.0\windows\sol.exe.
Service SleepOnLan ran for less than 1500 milliseconds. Restart will be delayed by 2000 milliseconds.

When running from PowerShell it starts normally and functions correctly.

[kiwijunglist]

I have the same issue.

[Senorsen]

This could be caused by an issue in Windows 10 and NSSM according to its website:

2017-04-26: Users of Windows 10 Creators Update or newer should use prelease build 2.24-101 or any newer build to avoid an issue with services failing to start. If for some reason you cannot use that build you can alternatively set AppNoConsole=1 in the registry, noting that applications which expect a console window may behave unexpectedly.

I personally use nssm 2.24-103-gdee49fc with SleepOnLan and it is working fine for my Windows 11 24H2 setup.