AlwaysUp will manage and run your application as a Windows Service, monitoring it constantly to ensure 100% uptime.

AlwaysUp will automatically restart your application if it crashes or grows too large, dismiss "Application error" dialogs, and run customized "sanity checks" to ensure that your application is available 24/7. Regular, detailed email from AlwaysUp will keep you abreast of crashes, scheduled restarts and other relevant events.

AlwaysUp leverages the Windows Services architecture to provide robust, low-level application control in a secure environment. As a Windows Service, your application can start automatically when the computer boots, survive user logons/logoffs, and run entirely without user intervention.

Here are some key features of "AlwaysUp":

· Runs your application (executable, batch file or shortcut) 24x7 as a Windows Service
· Very easy to use
· Constantly monitors your application and restarts it whenever it fails
· Able to detect and restart "misbehaving" applications that hang, hog the CPU or consume too much memory
· Able to start your application as the system boots, to run when no user is logged in and to run despite logon/logoffs - all to guarantee uptime without manual user intervention
· Able to restart your application (or reboot the computer) at a scheduled time
· Able to boost your application's priority to ensure that it gets preferential treatment on the host computer
· e-mails you with details of crashes, restarts and other problems
· Supports the integration of your own custom "sanity check" utilities, executed regularly to test if your application is functioning normally or not
· Automatically dismisses common "Application error" dialog boxes that prevent crashed applications from fully exiting
· Automatically dismisses Debug dialog boxes and logs the dialog box text for subsequent review by developers - thus facilitating the deployment of applications in "Debug mode"
· The intuitive GUI makes it easy to set up your application, but no GUI is necessary once your application has been configured.
· Leverages the Windows Services API to achieve robust, low-level application control in a secure environment
· Reports all activities to the Windows Event Log
· Very efficient; demands minimal CPU & memory resources
· Control AlwaysUp services from your web browser using our free add-on program, AlwaysUp Web Service.
· Site, OEM and Volume licensing/pricing available to suite your needs
· No programming required.

Requirements:

· A Pentium-compatible PC
· 5 MB free hard drive space for installation files

Limitations:

· 30 days evaluation period

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

New features:
· Added the option to stop restarting the application if it fails to start properly after a few attempts.
· Allow the sanity check program to signal to reboot the computer or to stop the application and not restart it.
· Added the ability to automatically refresh the list of applications periodically.
· Show a "Waiting" status icon when an application is waiting to be started.
· Can now pass the sanity-check, stop and automation programs special variables.
· Sorting of the list columns now works.
· Allow the specification of additional text included with each email.

Fixes & Improvements:
· Disable drag & drop when busy.
· Fixed a crash during the installation of some complex applications.
· Recognize .CMD files as executables.
· Improved the checking and validation of application command lines.
· Fixed a problem where an application would always be restarted even if configured to run only once.
· Don't send email notifying scheduled restarts/reboots.
· Fix for encrypting the mail ...