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AlwaysUp Changelog

What's new in AlwaysUp 15.1.3.82

Feb 10, 2024
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue running batch files with parameters.
  • Improved how AlwaysUp launches applications (and detects errors) in the auto-logon session.
  • Fixed a situation where the "About" button on the toolbar displayed the wrong image.
  • Dropped the SHA-1 digital signature. Executables are digitally signed with SHA-256 alone.

New in AlwaysUp 15.0.4.97 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • AlwaysUp can now collect diagnostic information on demand, to help customers easily provide application and system details to our technical support team when troubleshooting problems.
  • Advanced monitoring of Dropbox running as a Windows Service.
  • Advanced monitoring of OneDrive running as a Windows Service.
  • Advanced monitoring of Google Drive for desktop running as a Windows Service.
  • To provide more prominent feedback, show important warnings about the application via the status icon and its popup window.
  • The application being monitored can now be restarted hourly, to react to memory leaks, connection failures and other sporadic problems.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a few issues with Windows 64-bit redirection.
  • Improved coordination with Windows to better support applications that take a while to shut down.
  • When installing OneDrive with the Application Advisor, recommend a two minute pause before restarting OneDrive, to better tolerate automatic updates.
  • When installing OneDrive with the Application Advisor, stop OneDrive by running the executable with the "/shutdown" flag.
  • Only show default tags (Group1, etc.) when no applications are tagged.
  • Tweaked the code to improve efficiency when loading the list of services.
  • Fixed a problem loading read-only Windows Services.
  • Removed additional administrative rights when running applications with restricted rights.
  • Fixed a problem where an application with unusual characters in its name could not write records to the Windows Event Logs.
  • Added the option to send an email notification whenever the application is running but may need your attention.
  • Allow a group managed service account to be selected when browsing for a user on the "Logon" tab.
  • Updated the icons on the "Tools" menu to match those on Windows 11/10.
  • Remove the HKCU AlwaysUp registry key when the software is uninstalled.
  • Fixed a problem where the output of the sanity check utility would sometimes be garbled.

New in AlwaysUp 14.0.8.19 (Nov 15, 2022)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue where volume licensing would occasionally fail.

New in AlwaysUp 14.0.7.36 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • The Application Advisor now supports Emby Server.
  • The Application Advisor now supports Java WAR files.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Applied multiple optimizations to the low-level code that kick in when managing 5 or more applications/services.
  • Improved performance and reduced CPU demands when monitoring applications on computers running hundreds of processes.
  • Fixed a performance issue when an event log contains millions of records.
  • Improved efficiency when reading from the Windows event logs.
  • Added logic/code to preserve the desktop's visual styles/themes when launching the application in the current session.
  • Fixed sorting by time in the activity window.
  • Support for services that don't return a valid description (e.g. McpManagementService) on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
  • Tolerate Active Directory slowness by increasing the timeout when creating a new service.
  • Stricter XML validation, with warnings output.

New in AlwaysUp 13.13.08 (Apr 16, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • File rollover is now an option when capturing console output.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Set the start-in folder when creating a Node.js service.
  • Improved internal logging on Windows Server 2022.
  • Allow special command line variables to be used in input fields.
  • Full support for Windows Server 2022.

New in AlwaysUp 13.2.2.17 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Improved support for Google Drive for desktop.

New in AlwaysUp 13.1.1.62 (Oct 11, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Added Google Drive for desktop to the Application Advisor.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Minor adjustments for Windows 11 Version 21H2.

New in AlwaysUp 12.9.0.46 (Jul 2, 2021)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed the "a required privilege is not held by the client" error when running OneDrive as a Windows Service.

New in AlwaysUp 12.8.5.43 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Enhanced support/controls for running OneDrive as a Windows Service.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Minor adjustments for Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1).

New in AlwaysUp 12.7.1.53 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a misleading warning when setting Dropbox environment variables.
  • Eliminated a misleading warning about interactive services from the Windows Event Logs.
  • Improved performance when loading 50+ services.
  • Improved performance when loading 1000+ records from the Windows event logs.

New in AlwaysUp 12.6.0.89 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Bug fixes for internal TCP/IP networking components.

New in AlwaysUp 12.5.8.33 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Added the ability to set the number of seconds to delay all services started automatically but delayed.
  • Alert emails now include the most recent activity from the Windows Event Logs.
  • Support for running Dropbox version 105+ as a service.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Minor adjustments for Windows 10 October 2020 (20H2).
  • Several small improvements to the registration windows.
  • Fixed a bug when representing dates in the "friendly" format.

New in AlwaysUp 12.0.8.31 (Mar 14, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Support for importing multiple applications from files.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Smoother exiting for Dropbox running as a service.
  • Report the session number in the Event Log when the application is started.
  • Added the Help > FAQ menu, linking to popular FAQ entries.
  • Improved several windows with additional help/instructions.
  • Better handling of licensing component problems.
  • Minor tweaks for Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19577.

New in AlwaysUp 11.8.3.74 (May 4, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Added hourly options for restarting the application.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Don't stop the application when the startup type is changed to "Disabled".
  • Allow a running disabled service to be stopped.
  • Send an email when the application and service are being stopped.
  • Wait a bit longer for emails to be sent.
  • Show the application's file name, version number, modified date and company name in the "running" tooltip.
  • Link to our website when configuring the sanity check feature, email.
  • Provide extra help on the registration window.
  • Better processing of SCM messages recorded in the System Event Log.
  • Give long-running services a bit more time to stop when the system is shutting down.

New in AlwaysUp 11.5.0.57 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • New Features
  • Disable switching to Session 0 on versions of Windows where Session 0 is no longer accessible (currently Windows 10 Version 1803 and later).
  • Added support for viewing and setting the "Read" permission for services.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Improved support for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
  • Small technical enhancements for Windows Server 2019.
  • Added version information to the registration window.
  • Various tweaks to clarify registration.
  • Added support links to the Help menu.
  • Improved help text on several components, to clarify operation.
  • When running un-registered, note when the 30-day trial will expire in the title of the main window.

New in AlwaysUp 10.5.0.93 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a hang showing activity when the event logs contained thousands of records.

New in AlwaysUp 10.0.5.29 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Improved logging for troubleshooting startup.

New in AlwaysUp 10.0.4.18 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Warn if data execution prevention (DEP) is always on.
  • Fixed an error when granting desktop rights.

New in AlwaysUp 10.0.3.62 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • New command line switch to grant the service user access to the current desktop.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Ensure that the service user has access to the current desktop when tarting in session.
  • Allow commands to operate silently.

New in AlwaysUp 10.0.1.24 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Various fixes for branding (logo, title).

New in AlwaysUp 10.0.0.72 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • When stopping, don't show an alert when long-lived services remain.
  • Fix for an inaccurate CPU percent computation when tracking a CPU hog.

New in AlwaysUp 9.7.2.88 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Applications can now be stopped even after the trial has expired.
  • Applications stopping and starting quickly were not always refreshed properly in the console.

New in AlwaysUp 9.7.0.41 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Fix for a launcher identifying the wrong launched process.

New in AlwaysUp 9.6.1.23 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Enhancements for scripts that launch applications (like Solr).
  • Fixed a bug when dismissing Windows popups.

New in AlwaysUp 9.5.0.84 (Apr 5, 2016)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Executable components are now signed with a SHA-256 certificate.
  • Various improvements when adding an application.

New in AlwaysUp 9.2.2.39 (Apr 5, 2016)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Avoid locking the file for long periods when capturing output.

New in AlwaysUp 9.2.1.65 (Apr 5, 2016)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Several enhancements for "launcher" programs.
  • Give applications more time to close gracefully when the system is being shut down.
  • Minor improvements to a few windows in the purchase process.

New in AlwaysUp 9.1.0.32 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Automatically retry when the ISD service fails to start.
  • Resolved a registry permission issue that occasionally occurred when registering the software.
  • Eliminated a few scenarios where starting in the user's session would fail.
  • Removed HTML centering from email messages, to avoid poor formatting when viewed in gmail.

New in AlwaysUp 9.0.3.81 (Dec 6, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Added the ability to stop all running copies of the application before starting it up.
  • Added the option to prevent the computer from automatically going to sleep while the service/application is running.
  • Introduced the option to minimize event logging for applications that run periodically (and must be restarted frequently).
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Show sanity check error codes in the range of -10 to -1 as negative.
  • Removed the "try to prevent closing on logoff" option, which only worked on Windows XP and Server 2003.
  • Events from the System log now show up on activity reports.
  • Added links to tutorials and the troubleshooter under the Help menu.
  • Tweaks for supporting Windows 10 Technical Preview (October 2014).
  • Avoid a timeout error when stopping services configured to take longer than 30 seconds to stop.

New in AlwaysUp 9.0.2.14 (Dec 6, 2014)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • The option to hide the application's windows did not always work when run in the current session.

New in AlwaysUp 9.0.1.56 (Dec 6, 2014)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Dates and times were inconsitently formatted on non-English localizations. These have all been normalized to the English locale, to be consistent with the rest of the program.
  • Fixed a problem sending reports at midnight when a scheduled restart was configured at the same time.
  • Fixed a problem launching .CMD files on Windows Server 2008 and 2012.

New in AlwaysUp 8.8.0.43 (Jun 22, 2014)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Messages written to the event log were occasionally garbled.

New in AlwaysUp 8.8.0.17 (Jun 22, 2014)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Sometimes email would not be sent when the application was run in session and the user logged off.

New in AlwaysUp 8.7.5.11 (May 26, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for stopping the application when the computer resumes from a sleep/hibernate/low-power consumption state
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a race condition when the service was stopped while waiting for auto-logon to complete
  • Increased the time to wait for automatic logon from 5 to 10 minutes
  • Don't restart an application running in the current session when it has not been configured to be restarted
  • Ensure that all pending email has been sent prior to stopping the service

New in AlwaysUp 8.7.1.26 (May 26, 2014)

  • Improved the log messages for CPU hogs
  • Restricting an application to processor #32 was not possible
  • Disabled applications were not always hidden when that option was selected from the "View" menu

New in AlwaysUp 8.6.1.12 (May 26, 2014)

  • Increased the sanity check timeout from 2 to 5 minutes.

New in AlwaysUp 8.6.0.89 (May 26, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for screening out certain types of events from the Windows event log
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a problem accepting passwords with trailing spaces

New in AlwaysUp 8.5.3.47 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Added support for automatically logging on a designated user at boot and launching all auto-start applications in his session.
  • Added a toolbar button for switching to Session 0 (Vista and later).
  • Added the option to limit the pause at startup to only when rebooting.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Improved switching to Session 0 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
  • Fixed a bug when activating the main window and a warning was showing.
  • Improved licensing on virtual machines (Azure, EC2).
  • Disabled the "Try to prevent the application from closing when you log off" option on Windows Vista and later.
  • Fixed a bug when restoring network shares containing spaces.
  • Registration would sometimes fail on PCs where there is no "C:" drive.
  • Fixed a bug where the on-stop command would be saved even when deactivated.
  • Introduced several new command line replacements used when launching helper applications.

New in AlwaysUp 8.1.1.45 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Added the ability to start all or restart all running services in the current session from the command line.
  • Fixed a problem where mail authentication errors were incorrectly reported.
  • Improved the performance of the components capturing output.

New in AlwaysUp 8.1.0.72 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • The "Automatic (Delayed)" startup menu entry was visible on Windows Server 2003, which doesn't support that option.
  • Fixed a bug starting in sessions with very large identifiers.
  • Mail servers actually called "mail" weren't being recorded properly.
  • Introduced a method to throttle CPU usage/monitoring - useful when running many applications as services.

New in AlwaysUp 8.0.7.65 (Aug 6, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Multiple selection is now supported.
  • Added an "Activity" panel, showing the recent activity of the selected application.
  • Added support for certain "launcher" applications.
  • Added the ability to Start/Restart All in the current session.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Reduced the number of emails sent when a service/application is repeatedly failing.
  • Fixed a DST problem when restarting weekly.
  • Minor tweaks for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
  • Restricted the size of the output file to 1 GB when trimming (for performance reasons).
  • Removed an unnecessary prompt when running a VBScript file as a service.
  • Fixed a problem where emails were sent on failure when not configured to do so.

New in AlwaysUp 7.9.8.23 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Improved licensing on virtual machines.

New in AlwaysUp 7.9.7.50 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Added support for sending email with TLS or STARTTLS encryption (for Office 365).
  • Added the ability to run a command when the application stops.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Applications that need additional time to stop are handled more gracefully when shutting down.

New in AlwaysUp 7.9.6.22 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the max CPU to show up as 0% in the reports.

New in AlwaysUp 7.9.5.18 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fix for some Java applications not receiving shutdown events.

New in AlwaysUp 7.9.4.33 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fix for not recording the correct peak memory in activity statistics.
  • Improved the licensing models.

New in AlwaysUp 7.9.3.85 (Aug 5, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Added the option to send an email when the service starts/machine reboots.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fix for not deteting a hang in MetaTrader 4 / audio applications.
  • Improved licensing on virtual machines.

New in AlwaysUp 7.8.3.91 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • New features:
  • The first sanity check can now be delayed to avoid statup conflicts.
  • Can now switch to Session 0 from the menu.
  • Added a menu option to report on all activity for the past 30 days.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed a problem running .CMD files with arguments.
  • Fix for not deteting a hang in Windows Forms applications.
  • Fixed a daylight savings time bug with emailed reports.
  • Fixed a bug where time zones in email dates could be negative.
  • Improved the performance of reading from the Event Logs.

New in AlwaysUp 7.5.0.39 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • New features:
  • When the settings of a running application have been changed, AlwaysUp
  • will now ask permission to restart the application. Settings can be saved without restarting the application.
  • Added support for disabling services/applications.
  • Improved the display of the list of applications.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixed the message logged when a scheduled stop is not executed.
  • Fixed the formatting of numeric memory values in the event log, to
  • avoid values being missed in the generated reports.
  • Fixed a problem where screen size changes would cause AlwaysUp not
  • to restore its last position.
  • Fixed a rare condition where a program could not be terminated and
  • a second copy would be launched.

New in AlwaysUp 7.0.9.24 (Apr 9, 2010)

  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Restarting now only operates on running services.
  • Improved the error message displayed when attempting to install
  • AlwaysUp while it is already running.

New in AlwaysUp 7.0.8.51 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Apply conditions when restarting (when idle, memory threshold exceeded, no one logged on).
  • Keep retrying to restart if conditions are not initially met.
  • Improved compatability with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Support for the "Automatic (Delayed Start)" option on 7/2008/Vista.
  • Added a "Check for updates" feature.
  • Option to not panic on "short" runs.
  • Support for restarting the application at a specific time.
  • When waiting to start, show a tooltip with details.
  • Added support for suspending the computer while waiting to restart the application.
  • Introduced the option to immediately close the application when certain critical/serious crash dialogs are encountered.
  • Added support for waiting a while for the application to close properly.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Too many emails may be sent when an application is constantly failing.
  • Problem entering an automate/sanity-check path with spaces.
  • XML import is setting unwanted values (for limiting restarts).
  • The last highlighted list entry is not properly restored when AlwaysUp starts.
  • Clicking on the tooltip will now cause the toolip to stay on-screen.
  • Automation set to run when the program starts only runs when AlwaysUp starts.
  • When installing, complain if AlwaysUp is running.
  • Delay when starting an application (1 second).
  • When specifying a user account, test it before saving.
  • AlwaysUp now formats time-strings with regional settings applied.
  • Flap detection would occasionally fail when starting the application in the current session.
  • Improved the monitoring of native 64-bit applications.
  • Password was not always requested when importing an application from XML.
  • A shortcut to a path with a space was not handled properly.

New in AlwaysUp 6.8.5.44 (Feb 16, 2009)

  • 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 server password.

New in AlwaysUp 6.7.3.45 (Jul 13, 2008)

  • Support new command line flags, "-start-all", "-stop-all", and "restart-all" for starting, stopping and restarting all services.
  • Added the ability to start, stop and restart all applications from the "Application" menu.
  • Added a tooltip showing details of running applications.
  • Added support for sending email in plain text instead of HTML.
  • Added support for drag-and-drop with Windows Explorer/the desktop.
  • Support easily adding a copy of an existing application/service.
  • Added support for Windows Server 2008 (all editions).
  • Don't redirect the standard input stream when capturing output.
  • Fixed a problem where AlwaysUp would sometimes stop when it was run in a remote session and that session would close.
  • Fix for not writing out statistics in advance of a reboot.
  • Fixed a situation where hang detection did not work for hidden applications.
  • Improved the "ConnectToSocketSanityCheck" program to retry several times before declaring failure.
  • Fix for not running the automation script or the stop-program on the same desktop as the application when hidden.
  • Don't warn when adding services to run Microsoft Common Console files (with extension .msc).
  • Don't always prompt for the password when making changes to applications running in a user account.
  • Prevent AlwaysUp from closing while it is busy (to avoid crashes).
  • Fixed a bug where an activity report could fail bacause of "insufficient space".
  • Improved the error message when registration fails because of insufficient privileges.
  • Improved the always-on-top placement for applications with multiple top-level windows.
  • Fixed a situation where hang detection would occasionally fail on Vista

New in AlwaysUp 6.0.9.74 (Mar 26, 2007)

  • Full support for Windows Vista
  • Branding for Site and OEM licensees
  • Various enhancements and bug fixes

New in AlwaysUp 5.7 (Nov 6, 2006)

  • Import/Export;
  • Basic scheduling

New in AlwaysUp 5.5.6.78 (Aug 28, 2006)

  • User-interface improvements; bug fixes