No more "OpenVPN Service" since v2.5.0 ?

[hamzen]

Since a week Win10 disabled older TAP devices.
So I was forced to install the latest version 2.5.0.
But there is only "interactive" service present, no more "OpenVPNserv" process which I could set to start automatically on system boot.
Tried to uninstall + reinstall, etc. But no change, on 1 service is present from 3. ("Legacy service" is also missing!)

I've searched this website more than an hour long. Red all kinds of topics.
Zero info.

• - Nothing at "Overview of changes since OpenVPN 2.4" https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/
  - Neither at "OpenVPN as a system service on Windows" https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/user-gui ... n-windows/

The 5 minute "install" job became a whole-day nightmare, it's 22:00PM now and I still don't have any solution.
Why is the new .msi installer not installing the services it used to? Please HELP!

... before anybody is trying to suggest I should use the GUI:
NO, I ALWAYS disable installing the GUI. There are many reasons why to disable user-interaction, and also it is necessary to see the login screen remotely.

An auto-starting service is mandatory.

[TinCanTech]

Uninstall/Reinstall -> Select "Customise" - The services are still there just not installed by default.

[hamzen]

Thanks for the quick answer!
I've just tested and you are RIGHT!
I still don't know how I've missed that tiny red cross under Gui.

But "Legacy Service" is still missing!

(Sometimes I still need those too. Have ca 50 old VPN groups with old keys.)

[TinCanTech]

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/1344

[TinCanTech]

Turns out, you do not need the Legacy Service but you do need to configure openvpnserv2.exe correctly.

The auto-start configs go into \Program Files\Openvpn\config-auto