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USE_VISIBLE_DESTOP
to work when HTCondor is running as a service. These instructions apply to Windows 7 also.
The basic steps are
- Start the Interactive Services Detection service
- Enable Allow service to interact with desktop for the HTCondor service
Both of these things can be accomplished via the Windows Services Management Console.
- Open the Services Management Console:
- Click on the Start Menu
- Open the Control Panel
- Select Administrative Tools
- Select Services
If the Services option is missing, then use the following steps to access it:
- Choose Run from the Start Menu
- Type
services.msc
and press Enter or click OK - Enable interactive services using Services Management Console:
- Find the Interactive Services Detection service
- Bring up its properties by double-clicking on it
- Change the Startup type to Automatic
- Click on the Start button below the Service status label
- Click OK
- Make the HTCondor service interactive using Services Management Console:
- Find the HTCondor service
- Bring up its properties by double-clicking on it
- Switch to the Log On page
- Check the Allow service to interact with desktop option
- Click OK
Thanks to Ben Burnett for this information which was copied from his original post on his Wiki -http://ben.versionzero.org/wiki/Condor_Enable_Visible_Desktop_on_Vista