Library for background services/ general automation of tasks

Python
#1

I’m curious if there is a library for python so I could develop a service for windows. For example, say I wanted to create a service that “watches” my download folder and automatically moves those files to a specific place based on the type of file I download.

Pardon the silly example.

Or, is python not that suited for this type of work? and would I be better of doing something like that with powershell or some other language?

#2

I just googled “python windows service” and found this:

Now only thing is you’ll have to confirm this works with Python 3 or 2. Otherwise doesn’t look too hard.

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