Please setup debug output, and post it here.
1. set AS_DEBUG=true
2. asadmin create-service (no need to enter a domain name if you only have one)
What happens when a 32-bit exe runs on 64bit Windows? Doesn't Windows recognize it as 32-bit? Can that be the problem?
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