title: mongodb installation. service failed to start
body: <p>Installing MongoDB as a service is failing for me. The install gets to the point where it tries to start the service and then fails:</p>
  
  <p>Service 'MongoDB Server' (MongoDB) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services</p>
  
  <p>This in on a freshly updated new install of Windows 2016 </p>
  
  <p>Near default MongoDB 4.2 community install.</p>
  
  <p>Install MongodB as a Service
  - Run service as Network Service user.</p>
  
  <p>Directories are not default.</p>
  
  <p>Data Directory : C:\Database\Data</p>
  
  <p>Log Directory : C:\Database\Log</p>
  
  <p>I've granted Network Service full permissions on C:\Database</p>
  
  <p>.net framework 4.6 is installed.</p>
  
  <p>Am I the first person to install MongoDB as a service or something? 
  Hard to believe someone didn't catch this before.</p>
  
  <p>Update:
  Installing to the default directories works. Brutal QA. Any fix to this?</p>