Added CreateWellKnownSid and IsWellKnownSid imports.

[nssm.git] / README.txt

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 85bf62e..de01aa4 100644 (file)
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,17 @@ so the actual time to shutdown may be longer than the sum of all configured
 timeouts if the application spawns multiple subprocesses.\r
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 timeouts if the application spawns multiple subprocesses.\r
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+Console window\r
+--------------\r
+By default, NSSM will create a console window so that applications which\r
+are capable of reading user input can do so - subject to the service being\r
+allowed to interact with the desktop.\r
+\r
+Creation of the console can be suppressed by setting the integer (REG_DWORD)\r
+HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppNoConsole\r
+registry value to 1.\r
+\r
+\r

 I/O redirection\r
 ---------------\r
 NSSM can redirect the managed application's I/O to any path capable of being\r
 I/O redirection\r
 ---------------\r
 NSSM can redirect the managed application's I/O to any path capable of being\r


@@ -288,13 +299,6 @@ AppStderr to the same path, eg C:\Users\Public\service.log, and it should
 work.  Remember, however, that the path must be accessible to the user\r
 running the service.\r
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 work.  Remember, however, that the path must be accessible to the user\r
 running the service.\r
 \r

-Note that if you set AppStdout and/or AppStderr, applications which attempt\r
-to read stdin will fail due to a combination of factors including the way I/O\r
-redirection is configured on Windows and how a console application starts in\r
-a service context.  NSSM can fake a stdin stream so that applications can\r
-still work when they would otherwise exit when at end of file on stdin.  Set\r
-AppStdin to "|" (a single pipe character) to invoke the fake stdin.\r
-\r

 \r
 File rotation\r
 -------------\r
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 File rotation\r
 -------------\r


@@ -659,6 +663,7 @@ affinity support.
 Thanks to Andrew RedzMax for suggesting an unconditional restart delay.\r
 Thanks to Bryan Senseman for noticing that applications with redirected stdout\r
 and/or stderr which attempt to read from stdin would fail.\r
 Thanks to Andrew RedzMax for suggesting an unconditional restart delay.\r
 Thanks to Bryan Senseman for noticing that applications with redirected stdout\r
 and/or stderr which attempt to read from stdin would fail.\r

+Thanks to Czenda Czendov for help with Visual Studio 2013 and Server 2012R2.\r

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