Guardian appears dead

Symptom

• EZproxy on Windows does no longer respond to requests
• The messages.txt log in the EZproxy installation folder shows this error message:

  2024-04-11 23:25:05 Guardian appears dead; shutting down
  

Applies to

• EZproxy on Windows
• The "Service Path" of the service is enclosed in quotation marks

Resolution

Remove the quotation marks.

EZproxy should be able to start again as a service after this has been adjusted.

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