Allow configuring throttling threshold.

[nssm.git] / README.txt

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@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ of the failure and don't want to wait you can use the Windows service console
 (where the service will be shown in Paused state) to send a continue signal to\r
 NSSM and it will retry within a few seconds.\r
 \r
+By default, NSSM defines "a timely manner" to be within 1500 milliseconds.\r
+You can change the threshold for the service by setting the number of\r
+milliseconds as a REG_DWORD value in the registry at\r
+HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppThrottle.\r
+\r
 NSSM will look in the registry under\r
 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service>\Parameters\AppExit for\r
 string (REG_EXPAND_SZ) values corresponding to the exit code of the application.\r