3 * Timeouts for each shutdown method can be configured in
6 * The GUI is slightly less sucky.
10 * NSSM can now redirect the service's I/O streams to any path
11 capable of being opened by CreateFile().
13 * Allow building on Visual Studio Express.
15 * Silently ignore INTERROGATE control.
17 * Try to send Control-C events to console applications when
22 * Fixed case where NSSM could kill unrelated processes when
27 * NSSM is now translated into Italian.
29 * Fixed GUI not allowing paths longer than 256 characters.
33 * Fixed default GUI language being French not English.
37 * Fixed failure to run on Windows 2000.
41 * NSSM is now translated into French.
43 * Really ensure systems recovery actions can happen.
45 The change supposedly introduced in v2.4 to allow service recovery
46 actions to be activated when the application exits gracefully with
47 a non-zero error code didn't actually work.
51 * Support AppEnvironment for compatibility with srvany.
55 * Fixed failure to compile messages.mc in paths containing spaces.
57 * Fixed edge case with CreateProcess().
59 Correctly handle the case where the application executable is under
60 a path which contains space and an executable sharing the initial
61 part of that path (up to a space) exists.
65 * Fixed failure to run on Windows versions prior to Vista.
69 * Read Application, AppDirectory and AppParameters before each restart so
70 a change to any one doesn't require restarting NSSM itself.
72 * Fixed messages not being sent to the event log correctly in some
75 * Try to handle (strictly incorrect) quotes in AppDirectory.
77 Windows directories aren't allowed to contain quotes so CreateProcess()
78 will fail if the AppDirectory is quoted. Note that it succeeds even if
79 Application itself is quoted as the application plus parameters are
80 interpreted as a command line.
82 * Fixed failed to write full arguments to AppParameters when
87 Back off from restarting the application immediately if it starts
88 successfully but exits too soon. The default value of "too soon" is
89 1500 milliseconds. This can be configured by adding a DWORD value
90 AppThrottle to the registry.
92 Handle resume messages from the service console to restart the
93 application immediately even if it is throttled.
95 * Try to kill the process tree gracefully.
97 Before calling TerminateProcess() on all processes assocatiated with
98 the monitored application, enumerate all windows and threads and
99 post appropriate messages to them. If the application bothers to
100 listen for such messages it has a chance to shut itself down gracefully.
104 * Handle missing registry values.
106 Warn if AppParameters is missing. Warn if AppDirectory is missing or
107 unset and choose a fallback directory.
108 First try to find the parent directory of the application. If that
109 fails, eg because the application path is just "notepad" or something,
110 start in the Windows directory.
112 * Kill process tree when stopping service.
114 Ensure that all child processes of the monitored application are
115 killed when the service stops by recursing through all running
116 processes and terminating those whose parent is the application
117 or one of its descendents.
121 * Removed incorrect ExpandEnvironmentStrings() error.
123 A log_event() call was inadvertently left in the code causing an error
124 to be set to the eventlog saying that ExpandEnvironmentStrings() had
125 failed when it had actually succeeded.
129 * Allow use of REG_EXPAND_SZ values in the registry.
131 * Don't suicide on exit status 0 by default.
133 Suiciding when the application exits 0 will cause recovery actions to be
134 taken. Usually this is inappropriate. Only suicide if there is an
135 explicit AppExit value for 0 in the registry.
137 Technically such behaviour could be abused to do something like run a
138 script after successful completion of a service but in most cases a
139 suicide is undesirable when no actual failure occurred.
141 * Don't hang if startup parameters couldn't be determined.
142 Instead, signal that the service entered the STOPPED state.
143 Set START_PENDING state prior to actual startup.
147 * Ensure systems recovery actions can happen.
149 In Windows versions earlier than Vista the service manager would only
150 consider a service failed (and hence eligible for recovery action) if
151 the service exited without setting its state to SERVICE_STOPPED, even if
152 it signalled an error exit code.
153 In Vista and later the service manager can be configured to treat a
154 graceful shutdown with error code as a failure but this is not the
157 Try to configure the service manager to use the new behaviour when
158 starting the service so users who set AppExit to Exit can use recovery
161 Also recognise the new AppExit option Suicide for use on pre-Vista
162 systems. When AppExit is Suicide don't stop the service but exit
163 inelegantly, which should be seen as a failure.
167 * Send properly formatted messages to the event log.
169 * Fixed truncation of very long path lengths in the registry.
173 * Decide how to handle application exit.
175 When the service exits with exit code n look in
176 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppExit\<n>,
177 falling back to the unnamed value if no such code is listed. Parse the
178 (string) value of this entry as follows:
180 Restart: Start the application again (NSSM default).
181 Ignore: Do nothing (srvany default).
182 Exit: Stop the service.
186 * Added support for building a 64-bit executable.
188 * Added project files for newer versions of Visual Studio.