# Install Beszel Agent As Service Under Windows The Windows *cmd* file `install-beszel-service.cmd` installs the [Beszel](https://beszel.dev) agent as a service under Microsoft Windows. ## Prerequisites - Microsoft Windows 10 or later (32 or 64 bit) - Git installed If you don“t have Git installed, either - install Git with Winget: `winget install git.git` or - download and extract the ZIP file from [Releases](https://gitea.elpatron.me/elpatron/Install-Beszel-Agent/releases/). ## Usage Open a `cmd.exe` shell with **administrative rights**. ```` git clone https://gitea.elpatron.me/elpatron/Install-Beszel-Agent cd Install-Beszel-Agent .\install-beszel-service.cmd ```` ## Explanation The script copies `agent.exe` into the directory `%ProgramFiles%\BeszelAgent` and takes usage of *[NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager](https://nssm.cc/)* to install the service. If *NSSM* is not yet installed on your system, it will be downloaded and installed to the Beszel agent directory. The provided `agent.exe` was compiled on January, 17th 2025 by me and should be exchanged by a self compiled or official executable. For more details, see [*Using Beszel to monitor Windows*](https://blog.ktz.me/using-beszel-to-monitor-windows/) by Alex Kretschmar.