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title: "Run Grafana Agent Flow on Windows | Grafana Agent documentation"
description: "Learn how to run Grafana Agent Flow on Windows"
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# Run Grafana Agent Flow on Windows

Grafana Agent Flow is [installed](/docs/agent/v0.43/flow/get-started/install/windows/) as a Windows Service. The service is configured to automatically run on startup.

To verify that Grafana Agent Flow is running as a Windows Service:

1. Open the Windows Services manager (services.msc):
   
   1. Right click on the Start Menu and select **Run**.
   2. Type: `services.msc` and click **OK**.
2. Scroll down to find the **Grafana Agent Flow** service and verify that the **Status** is **Running**.

## View Grafana Agent Flow logs

When running on Windows, Grafana Agent Flow writes its logs to Windows Event Logs with an event source name of **Grafana Agent Flow**.

To view the logs, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Event Viewer:
   
   1. Right click on the Start Menu and select **Run**.
   2. Type `eventvwr` and click **OK**.
2. In the Event Viewer, click on **Windows Logs > Application**.
3. Search for events with the source **Grafana Agent Flow**.

## Next steps

- [Configure Grafana Agent Flow](/docs/agent/v0.43/flow/tasks/configure/configure-windows/)