3 * NSSM no longer clutters the event log with "The specified
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4 procedure could not be found" on legacy Windows releases.
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6 * Fixed failure to set a local username to run the service.
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10 * Existing services can now be managed using the GUI
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11 or on the command line.
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13 * NSSM can now set the priority class and processor
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14 affinity of the managed application.
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16 * NSSM can now apply an unconditional delay before
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17 restarting the application.
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19 * NSSM can now optionally rotate existing files when
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22 * Unqualified path names are now relative to the
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23 application startup directory when redirecting I/O.
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25 * NSSM can now set the service display name, description,
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26 startup type and log on details.
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28 * All services now receive a standard console window,
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29 allowing them to read input correctly (if running in
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34 * Services installed from the GUI no longer have incorrect
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35 AppParameters set in the registry.
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39 * Services installed from the commandline without using the
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40 GUI no longer have incorrect AppStopMethod* registry
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45 * Support AppEnvironmentExtra to append to the environment
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46 instead of replacing it.
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48 * The GUI is significantly less sucky.
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52 * Timeouts for each shutdown method can be configured in
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55 * The GUI is slightly less sucky.
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59 * NSSM can now redirect the service's I/O streams to any path
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60 capable of being opened by CreateFile().
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62 * Allow building on Visual Studio Express.
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64 * Silently ignore INTERROGATE control.
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66 * Try to send Control-C events to console applications when
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71 * Fixed case where NSSM could kill unrelated processes when
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76 * NSSM is now translated into Italian.
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78 * Fixed GUI not allowing paths longer than 256 characters.
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82 * Fixed default GUI language being French not English.
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86 * Fixed failure to run on Windows 2000.
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90 * NSSM is now translated into French.
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92 * Really ensure systems recovery actions can happen.
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94 The change supposedly introduced in v2.4 to allow service recovery
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95 actions to be activated when the application exits gracefully with
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96 a non-zero error code didn't actually work.
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100 * Support AppEnvironment for compatibility with srvany.
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104 * Fixed failure to compile messages.mc in paths containing spaces.
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106 * Fixed edge case with CreateProcess().
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108 Correctly handle the case where the application executable is under
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109 a path which contains space and an executable sharing the initial
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110 part of that path (up to a space) exists.
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114 * Fixed failure to run on Windows versions prior to Vista.
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118 * Read Application, AppDirectory and AppParameters before each restart so
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119 a change to any one doesn't require restarting NSSM itself.
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121 * Fixed messages not being sent to the event log correctly in some
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124 * Try to handle (strictly incorrect) quotes in AppDirectory.
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126 Windows directories aren't allowed to contain quotes so CreateProcess()
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127 will fail if the AppDirectory is quoted. Note that it succeeds even if
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128 Application itself is quoted as the application plus parameters are
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129 interpreted as a command line.
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131 * Fixed failed to write full arguments to AppParameters when
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132 installing a service.
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134 * Throttle restarts.
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136 Back off from restarting the application immediately if it starts
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137 successfully but exits too soon. The default value of "too soon" is
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138 1500 milliseconds. This can be configured by adding a DWORD value
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139 AppThrottle to the registry.
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141 Handle resume messages from the service console to restart the
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142 application immediately even if it is throttled.
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144 * Try to kill the process tree gracefully.
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146 Before calling TerminateProcess() on all processes assocatiated with
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147 the monitored application, enumerate all windows and threads and
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148 post appropriate messages to them. If the application bothers to
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149 listen for such messages it has a chance to shut itself down gracefully.
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153 * Handle missing registry values.
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155 Warn if AppParameters is missing. Warn if AppDirectory is missing or
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156 unset and choose a fallback directory.
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157 First try to find the parent directory of the application. If that
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158 fails, eg because the application path is just "notepad" or something,
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159 start in the Windows directory.
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161 * Kill process tree when stopping service.
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163 Ensure that all child processes of the monitored application are
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164 killed when the service stops by recursing through all running
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165 processes and terminating those whose parent is the application
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166 or one of its descendents.
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170 * Removed incorrect ExpandEnvironmentStrings() error.
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172 A log_event() call was inadvertently left in the code causing an error
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173 to be set to the eventlog saying that ExpandEnvironmentStrings() had
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174 failed when it had actually succeeded.
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178 * Allow use of REG_EXPAND_SZ values in the registry.
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180 * Don't suicide on exit status 0 by default.
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182 Suiciding when the application exits 0 will cause recovery actions to be
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183 taken. Usually this is inappropriate. Only suicide if there is an
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184 explicit AppExit value for 0 in the registry.
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186 Technically such behaviour could be abused to do something like run a
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187 script after successful completion of a service but in most cases a
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188 suicide is undesirable when no actual failure occurred.
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190 * Don't hang if startup parameters couldn't be determined.
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191 Instead, signal that the service entered the STOPPED state.
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192 Set START_PENDING state prior to actual startup.
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196 * Ensure systems recovery actions can happen.
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198 In Windows versions earlier than Vista the service manager would only
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199 consider a service failed (and hence eligible for recovery action) if
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200 the service exited without setting its state to SERVICE_STOPPED, even if
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201 it signalled an error exit code.
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202 In Vista and later the service manager can be configured to treat a
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203 graceful shutdown with error code as a failure but this is not the
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206 Try to configure the service manager to use the new behaviour when
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207 starting the service so users who set AppExit to Exit can use recovery
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208 actions as expected.
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210 Also recognise the new AppExit option Suicide for use on pre-Vista
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211 systems. When AppExit is Suicide don't stop the service but exit
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212 inelegantly, which should be seen as a failure.
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216 * Send properly formatted messages to the event log.
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218 * Fixed truncation of very long path lengths in the registry.
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222 * Decide how to handle application exit.
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224 When the service exits with exit code n look in
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225 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppExit\<n>,
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226 falling back to the unnamed value if no such code is listed. Parse the
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227 (string) value of this entry as follows:
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229 Restart: Start the application again (NSSM default).
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230 Ignore: Do nothing (srvany default).
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231 Exit: Stop the service.
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235 * Added support for building a 64-bit executable.
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237 * Added project files for newer versions of Visual Studio.
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