Allocate new console by default.

[nssm.git] / README.txt

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@@ -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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+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
@@ -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
 \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
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 File rotation\r
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