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AlwaysUp 15.5: Advanced Support for PowerShell, OneDrive, and more

After months of coding and testing, our team published AlwaysUp version 15.5 on October 4, 2024. Version 15.5 makes it easy to install your PowerShell scripts as services. Beyond that, it delivers timely fixes and improvements to address real-world issues … Continue reading

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Investigating OneDrive Failures in Session 0 on Windows Server

Recently, customers using AlwaysUp to run OneDrive 24/7 have been reporting a puzzling problem. Even though OneDrive starts as a Windows Service in Session 0, it doesn’t do its job. Files aren’t synchronized and AlwaysUp reports that “OneDrive has no … Continue reading

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I’m Worried. Will Microsoft Ever Prevent a Windows Service from Creating a User Interface?

  We’ve been deploying AlwaysUp with our products for years. We use it to run as services, many small programs we have developed as simple “stay in the tray area” windows applications. But lately, my co-workers have been criticizing that approach. … Continue reading

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AlwaysUp Feature Spotlight: Scheduled Restarts

What is a scheduled restart and how can it help me? How do I make AlwaysUp restart my application at a regular time? Can you show me a few examples? What are your best tips for scheduling a restart? What … Continue reading

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