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Running on Windows

Running the server on Windows: the firewall, keeping the PC awake, and starting it with the PC.

LegacySFServer.exe runs on 64-bit Windows from its own folder. Nothing is installed.

#The first runs

LegacySFServer.exe                     the first run makes server.key and stops
LegacySFServer.exe --register CODE     the code from the control panel
LegacySFServer.exe                     and from now on

The first run also offers to let the server through Windows Firewall; Windows asks for an administrator. LegacySFServer.exe --firewall does it again later. Ctrl+C saves and stops the server.

#Keep the PC awake

While it hosts, turn off sleep, and Windows Update's automatic restarts during the hours it runs. A server that goes quiet for 90 seconds leaves the list until it is back.

#Start it with the PC

To start it again by itself after a reboot, add a task in Task Scheduler:

1. Create Task, named for the server; Run whether user is logged on or not.
2. Triggers: At startup.
3. Actions: Start a program, LegacySFServer.exe, with Start in set to the server's folder.
4. Settings: untick Stop the task if it runs longer than.

#Your router

At home, forward the server's UDP port (27240) on your router to this PC, and give the PC a fixed local address. Ports and firewalls has the rest.