I started using Django-MongoDB duet which looks really interesting, when I faced the first problem: my MongoDB server couldn’t be started as a Windows service.

I tried:

mongod.exe --logpath="logs dir" --install

which installed service correctly. But the service couldn’t be started. Running command

net start MongoDB

ended with error “service doesn’t react on a control function” (or something like that)

If you have the same problem you need to:

1. Open Windows registry (probably C:\Windows\System\regedit.exe)
2. Go to:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MongoDB
3. Check if ImagePath value is valid – in my case there were apostrophes ommited in–logpath (which is required since my logpath was pointed to “Program Files” directory)

This should help.