Add Prerequisites (#5734)

Add set system user guide.
Add absolute path for sqlite3 guide.
tokarchuk/v1.17
vee w 6 years ago committed by Lunny Xiao
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      docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md

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identifier: "windows-service"
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# Prerequisites
The following changes are made in C:\gitea\custom\conf\app.ini:
```
RUN_USER = COMPUTERNAME$
```
Sets Gitea to run as the local system user.
COMPUTERNAME is whatever the response is from `echo %COMPUTERNAME%` on the command line. If the response is `USER-PC` then `RUN_USER = USER-PC$`
## Use absolute paths
If you use sqlite3, change the `PATH` to include the full path:
```
[database]
PATH = c:/gitea/data/gitea.db
```
# Register as a Windows Service
To register Gitea as a Windows service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator,

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