diff --git a/etc/windows/ReadMe.txt b/etc/windows/ReadMe.txt
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-A first pass at an install script for SyncThing as a Windows Service
-
-Script uses NSIS http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download
-Requires the NSIS Simple Service Plugin http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NSIS_Simple_Service_Plugin
-And uses the Windows Service Wrapper https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw
-
-To build the setup file:
-
- 1. Install NSIS, download the Simple Service Plugin DLL into the NSIS plugin folder
- 2. Create a folder (referenced by the $SOURCEPATH variable in the .nsi file) with all the syncthing output in it (exe file, licences, etc)
- 3. Download winsw.exe from https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/releases, rename it to syncthingservice.exe and save that in $SOURCEPATH
- 4. Put syncthingservice.xml in there too
- 5. Compile SyncthingSetup.nsi using NSIS
diff --git a/etc/windows/SyncThingSetup.nsi b/etc/windows/SyncThingSetup.nsi
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-;--------------------------------
-;Include Modern UI
-
-  !include "MUI2.nsh"
-
-;--------------------------------
-;General
-
-  ;Name and file
-  !define SOURCEPATH "C:\SourceCode\SyncThing\Binaries"
-  
-  Name "SyncThing Windows Service Install"
-  OutFile "SyncThingSetup.exe"
-
-  ;Default installation folder
-  InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\SyncThing"
-    
-  ;Get installation folder from registry if available
-  InstallDirRegKey HKCU "Software\SyncThing" ""
-
-  ;Request application privileges for Windows Vista
-  RequestExecutionLevel admin
-
-;--------------------------------
-;Interface Settings
-
-  !define MUI_ABORTWARNING
-
-;--------------------------------
-;Pages
-
-  !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_COMPONENTS
-  !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
-  !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
-  
-  !insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_CONFIRM
-  !insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES
-  
-;--------------------------------
-;Languages
- 
-  !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
-
-;--------------------------------
-;Installer Sections
-
-Section "SyncThing" SecSyncThing
-  SectionIn RO
-  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
-  
-  IfFileExists syncthingservice.exe 0 +2
-	SimpleSC::StopService "SyncThing" 1 30	
-  
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\syncthing.exe"
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\syncthing.exe.md5"
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\AUTHORS.txt"
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\LICENSE.txt"
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\README.txt"
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\FAQ.pdf"
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\Getting-Started.pdf"
-    
-  ;Store installation folder
-  WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\SyncThing" "" $INSTDIR
-  
-  ;Create uninstaller
-  WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe"
-
-SectionEnd
-
-Section "Command Line Interface" SecSyncThingCLI
-
-  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
-  
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\syncthing-cli.exe"  
-  
-SectionEnd
-
-Section "Windows Service" SecSyncThingService
-
-  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
-    
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\syncthingservice.exe"  
-  File /r "${SOURCEPATH}\syncthingservice.xml"  
-  
-  ExecWait 'syncthingservice.exe install'
-  ExecWait 'syncthingservice.exe start'
- 
-SectionEnd
-
-;--------------------------------
-;Descriptions
-
-  ;Language strings
-  LangString DESC_SecSyncThing ${LANG_ENGLISH} "SyncThing"
-  LangString DESC_SecSyncThingCLI ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Command Line Interface"
-  LangString DESC_SecSyncThingService ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Windows Service"
-
-  ;Assign language strings to sections
-  !insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN
-    !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecSyncThing} $(DESC_SecSyncThing)
-	!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecSyncThingCLI} $(DESC_SecSyncThingCLI)
-	!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecSyncThingService} $(DESC_SecSyncThingService)
-  !insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
-
-;--------------------------------
-;Uninstaller Section
-
-Section "Uninstall"
-  
-  Delete "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe"
-
-  RMDir "$INSTDIR"
-
-  DeleteRegKey /ifempty HKCU "Software\SyncThing"
-
-SectionEnd
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diff --git a/etc/windows/syncthingservice.xml b/etc/windows/syncthingservice.xml
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-<service>
-  <id>Syncthing</id>
-  <name>Syncthing</name>
-  <description>This service runs Syncthing</description>
-  <executable>syncthing.exe</executable>
-  <arguments>-home .\ServiceHome -no-console -no-browser</arguments>
-  <logmode>rotate</logmode>
-</service>
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