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The directory being watched on Windows XP and below can be found in: <br>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Mozilla\updates
Since the service is currently planned to only be started when needed, we may just have it scan a directory, do pass the work items it needs information to, and then stop itself automaticallythe service via command line on service start.
The service security will be modified with a special [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379298.aspx ACE] which allows non elevated processes to start and stop it. Setting these permissions on the service is needed because by default services can only be started and stopped by elevated processes. This is possible via the Win32 API [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa379589%28v=vs.85%29.aspx SetServiceObjectSecurity].
