3 * NSSM can now optionally rotate existing files when
6 * Unqualified path names are now relative to the
7 application startup directory when redirecting I/O.
11 * Services installed from the GUI no longer have incorrect
12 AppParameters set in the registry.
16 * Services installed from the commandline without using the
17 GUI no longer have incorrect AppStopMethod* registry
22 * Support AppEnvironmentExtra to append to the environment
23 instead of replacing it.
25 * The GUI is significantly less sucky.
29 * Timeouts for each shutdown method can be configured in
32 * The GUI is slightly less sucky.
36 * NSSM can now redirect the service's I/O streams to any path
37 capable of being opened by CreateFile().
39 * Allow building on Visual Studio Express.
41 * Silently ignore INTERROGATE control.
43 * Try to send Control-C events to console applications when
48 * Fixed case where NSSM could kill unrelated processes when
53 * NSSM is now translated into Italian.
55 * Fixed GUI not allowing paths longer than 256 characters.
59 * Fixed default GUI language being French not English.
63 * Fixed failure to run on Windows 2000.
67 * NSSM is now translated into French.
69 * Really ensure systems recovery actions can happen.
71 The change supposedly introduced in v2.4 to allow service recovery
72 actions to be activated when the application exits gracefully with
73 a non-zero error code didn't actually work.
77 * Support AppEnvironment for compatibility with srvany.
81 * Fixed failure to compile messages.mc in paths containing spaces.
83 * Fixed edge case with CreateProcess().
85 Correctly handle the case where the application executable is under
86 a path which contains space and an executable sharing the initial
87 part of that path (up to a space) exists.
91 * Fixed failure to run on Windows versions prior to Vista.
95 * Read Application, AppDirectory and AppParameters before each restart so
96 a change to any one doesn't require restarting NSSM itself.
98 * Fixed messages not being sent to the event log correctly in some
101 * Try to handle (strictly incorrect) quotes in AppDirectory.
103 Windows directories aren't allowed to contain quotes so CreateProcess()
104 will fail if the AppDirectory is quoted. Note that it succeeds even if
105 Application itself is quoted as the application plus parameters are
106 interpreted as a command line.
108 * Fixed failed to write full arguments to AppParameters when
109 installing a service.
113 Back off from restarting the application immediately if it starts
114 successfully but exits too soon. The default value of "too soon" is
115 1500 milliseconds. This can be configured by adding a DWORD value
116 AppThrottle to the registry.
118 Handle resume messages from the service console to restart the
119 application immediately even if it is throttled.
121 * Try to kill the process tree gracefully.
123 Before calling TerminateProcess() on all processes assocatiated with
124 the monitored application, enumerate all windows and threads and
125 post appropriate messages to them. If the application bothers to
126 listen for such messages it has a chance to shut itself down gracefully.
130 * Handle missing registry values.
132 Warn if AppParameters is missing. Warn if AppDirectory is missing or
133 unset and choose a fallback directory.
134 First try to find the parent directory of the application. If that
135 fails, eg because the application path is just "notepad" or something,
136 start in the Windows directory.
138 * Kill process tree when stopping service.
140 Ensure that all child processes of the monitored application are
141 killed when the service stops by recursing through all running
142 processes and terminating those whose parent is the application
143 or one of its descendents.
147 * Removed incorrect ExpandEnvironmentStrings() error.
149 A log_event() call was inadvertently left in the code causing an error
150 to be set to the eventlog saying that ExpandEnvironmentStrings() had
151 failed when it had actually succeeded.
155 * Allow use of REG_EXPAND_SZ values in the registry.
157 * Don't suicide on exit status 0 by default.
159 Suiciding when the application exits 0 will cause recovery actions to be
160 taken. Usually this is inappropriate. Only suicide if there is an
161 explicit AppExit value for 0 in the registry.
163 Technically such behaviour could be abused to do something like run a
164 script after successful completion of a service but in most cases a
165 suicide is undesirable when no actual failure occurred.
167 * Don't hang if startup parameters couldn't be determined.
168 Instead, signal that the service entered the STOPPED state.
169 Set START_PENDING state prior to actual startup.
173 * Ensure systems recovery actions can happen.
175 In Windows versions earlier than Vista the service manager would only
176 consider a service failed (and hence eligible for recovery action) if
177 the service exited without setting its state to SERVICE_STOPPED, even if
178 it signalled an error exit code.
179 In Vista and later the service manager can be configured to treat a
180 graceful shutdown with error code as a failure but this is not the
183 Try to configure the service manager to use the new behaviour when
184 starting the service so users who set AppExit to Exit can use recovery
187 Also recognise the new AppExit option Suicide for use on pre-Vista
188 systems. When AppExit is Suicide don't stop the service but exit
189 inelegantly, which should be seen as a failure.
193 * Send properly formatted messages to the event log.
195 * Fixed truncation of very long path lengths in the registry.
199 * Decide how to handle application exit.
201 When the service exits with exit code n look in
202 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppExit\<n>,
203 falling back to the unnamed value if no such code is listed. Parse the
204 (string) value of this entry as follows:
206 Restart: Start the application again (NSSM default).
207 Ignore: Do nothing (srvany default).
208 Exit: Stop the service.
212 * Added support for building a 64-bit executable.
214 * Added project files for newer versions of Visual Studio.