Run Python Script (On Network Drive) as Windows Service with NSSM

Question

I have followed around 5 tutorials on using NSSM to run a python script residing on a network drive. It creates the service, I can edit the service but when I start the service I get the following error:

Unexpected status SERVICE_STOPPED in response to START control

When I try starting the Windows-10 service from Services I get the following error:

Services error during start

I have changed the path to the python script from the full network path to a mapped network path and that did not change anything.

I have also tried using Task Scheduler which worked once in a while and was intermittent and I also tried the pywin32 method as posted here but it fails to start the service as well.

Answer 1

I figured it out. On my remote VM it does not allow Local System Account to be set as the Log on. It required me to add an admin user name and password. It's running now.