title: Running a Python Script in the background from Startup
body: <p>I want to monitor a file in a specific location and check it for updates, which upon being updated launches certain actions via a python script.</p>
  
  <p>Ideally, this program would always be running in the background and would automatically start with the computer so that the user does not have to mess with starting/stopping it.</p>
  
  <p>I have researched the topic some and have found daemon and similar tools, but I do not understand how they work and they look far more complex then what I need. Also, many of the examples that I am looking at use Ubuntu OS and I will be using Windows.</p>
  
  <p>Are there any python modules that exist to do this already or any direction you can point me to get started? I apologize if this question has been answered already, however I have not found it in my research.</p>
  
  <p>I plan on editing this post to include code that performs this action, however I currently do not know where to start.</p>