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My Cloud not working properly as a Windows Service?įrom AlwaysUp, select Application > Report Activity > Today. Please restart your PC now and test that My Cloud works as expected after Windows comes back to life.Īnd please feel free to edit My Cloud in AlwaysUp to check out the many other settings that may be appropriate for your environment.įor example, send email alerts if it stops, hide the window (and prevent the That's it! Next time your computer boots, WD My Cloud Desktop will start up immediately, without anyone needing to log on. Select Tools > Switch to Session 0 to transport yourself to the austere Session 0 desktop where the My Cloud window will be visible: On Windows 8/7/Vista and Server 2012/2008, My Cloud will be running in After a few seconds, the state should transition to Running: To start WD My Cloud from AlwaysUp, choose Application > Start "WD My Cloud". In a couple of seconds, an application called WD My Cloud (or whatever you called yours) will show up in the AlwaysUp window. We are now done configuring My Cloud with AlwaysUp, so click the Save > button. This informs AlwaysUp that My Cloud is an Internet-based application that needs the network to do its work. This is necessary for My Cloud to find its settings.Ĭlick over to the Startup tab and check the Ensure that the Windows Networking components have started box. We have left it as WD My Cloud, the default, but you can specify another name if you like.Ĭlick over to the Logon tab and enter the user name and password of the account in which you installed the My Cloud Desktop application. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call the application in AlwaysUp. The path will be slightly different on 64-bit systems:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD My Cloud\WD My Cloud.exe

If you installed My Cloud in the default location, this will be:Ĭ:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD My Cloud\WD My Cloud.exe In the Application field, enter the full path to the My Cloud executable, WD My Cloud.exe. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window: To configure My Cloud to start as a Windows Service with AlwaysUp:ĭownload, install and configure My Cloud Desktop App, if necessary.ĭownload and install AlwaysUp, if necessary. Western Digital's My Cloud desktop application enables your PC to connect to your personal cloud.