{"id":5727,"date":"2019-01-30T06:09:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=5727"},"modified":"2022-09-04T06:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:49:27","slug":"restart-service-no-task-scheduler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/alwaysup\/restart-service-no-task-scheduler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make AlwaysUp Restart your Program Multiple Times per Day (without using the Task Scheduler)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Restart<\/div>\n

Earlier this month, we presented a couple of options for periodically restarting a temperamental legacy application with AlwaysUp<\/a>. You can either restart once per day (via a setting on the AlwaysUp Monitor tab) or multiple times per day (using the Windows Task Scheduler).<\/p>\n

Well, today we can offer you a third option — one that doesn’t rely on additional software, like the Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n

By leveraging the powerful Sanity Check<\/a> feature — which allows you to plug in your own failure detection system — we can get AlwaysUp to close and restart your program every few hours. <\/p>\n

Here is an example of how to set that up:<\/p>\n

Example: Restart OneDrive every 4 hours<\/h2>\n

For this example, we’ll work with Microsoft OneDrive — already installed as a Windows Service<\/a> on our Windows 10 machine.<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    First, create a simple batch file with these two commands:<\/p>\n

    \n@echo off
    \nexit 1\n<\/div>\n

    Save the file in your AlwaysUp installation folder, C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AlwaysUp<\/b>. We have named our batch file “SignalRestartSanityCheck.bat”.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Start AlwaysUp.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Select Application > Edit\/View<\/b> to open OneDrive in AlwaysUp.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Switch to the Monitor<\/b> tab.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Check the Whenever it fails a “sanity check”<\/b> box mid-way down the page, and click the triple-dots button on the right:<\/p>\n

  6. \n

    In the window that comes up, enter the full path to the batch file you created in the Run<\/b> field.<\/p>\n

    And set the Every<\/b> controls to 240 minutes (i.e. 4 hours):<\/p>\n

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    Confirm and save all your changes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now whenever we start OneDrive as a service with AlwaysUp button (or the computer is rebooted), this sequence will play out:<\/p>\n

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    1. \n

      AlwaysUp starts OneDrive.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      After 4 hours have passed, AlwaysUp runs the batch file (sanity check).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      The batch file exits with 1, signaling to AlwaysUp that OneDrive should be stopped.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \n

      AlwaysUp stops OneDrive.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. \n

      AlwaysUp restarts OneDrive (as specified on the Restart tab).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    6. \n

      And the cycle repeats… (go to step 2)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      UPDATE: Automatically restart your application every 2, 4, 6, 8 or 12 hours — directly from AlwaysUp<\/h2>\n

      AlwaysUp version 11.8<\/a> introduced the ability to restart your application much more frequently.<\/p>\n

      The new periods are available in the Every<\/b> setting on the Monitor<\/b> tab. Expand the drop-down to select the desired time frame:<\/p>\n

      \"Restart<\/a><\/div>\n
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      Enjoy!<\/p>\n