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Q&A: How Do I Force AlwaysUp To Restart My Batch File When It Hangs?

  I have a batch file I want to run once every minute. It copies certain files from one place to another. I have the batch file set so that AlwaysUp restarts it when it “fails” (stops running) as it is … Continue reading

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Q&A: How Do I Run My Batch File Once A Day With AlwaysUp?

  We have licensed AlwaysUp for each of our production servers and we use that to ensure some custom API programs are always running. We use Windows Task Scheduler to call a number of batch files that upload data once every … Continue reading

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Q&A: How do I make AlwaysUp run my Batch File as a Windows Service?

  We purchased AlwaysUp to run a batch file that runs a web front end for a database. But when we plug it in it doesn’t work. AlwaysUp tries to run the script but gives up after five tries. The script … Continue reading

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Q&A: Why won’t AlwaysUp Start my Java Application?

  I have two Java socket applications installed in AlwaysUp. Even though they are similar and both are started from batch files, AlwaysUp runs one fine but has trouble with the other. Whenever I look in AlwaysUp, one Java entry always … Continue reading

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Q&A: Why can’t AlwaysUp run my Batch File?

  Hi. I think I’ve written a batch file that your AlwaysUp software cannot run as a service. Here are the contents of my file: @echo off > usermessage.vbs ECHO Set wshShell = CreateObject( “WScript.Shell” ) >>usermessage.vbs ECHO wshShell.Popup “My Text … Continue reading

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