N: New I: Improvement F: Fix S: Security
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FIREDAEMON PRO 6 PRODUCTION STABLE
THIS VERSION IS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
WORKS WITH FIREDAEMON FUSION 8 ONLY
PLEASE READ THE RELEASE NOTES:
https://kb.firedaemon.com/support/solutions/articles/4000194049
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* 6.4.3 build here October 2026
I Service information retrieved considerably faster by the GUI and CLI, speeding up operations on lists of services
I Resource Monitor reports CPU, memory and I/O figures for process trees more reliably, including when processes exit during monitoring
I Installer upgraded to Advanced Installer 24
F FireDaemon GUI crashed after loading a service definition
F Unsaved permission changes were carried over when a service definition was reloaded
F Service names, program and process names, and file paths were compared incorrectly under certain regional settings. Affected service dependencies, preconditions, recovery programs, cloning, importing, CLI service name patterns, and user account matching during password updates
F Incorrect wording of the "Program under FireDaemon control is not executing" precondition
S FireDaemon service hardened by disabling an unneeded legacy Windows component
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* 6.4.0-6.4.2 build here March 2026
N Standard non-admin users can start/restart in their user session on the proviso the necessary security rights have been granted via the Security tab
N Restart in session available via FireDaemonCLI.exe control restart <service|tag> --in-current-session
I Updated EULA
I Launch+Termination Events were not intentionally prematurely terminated when a service stop was pending
F FireDaemon.exe crashed when the "Terminate FireDaemon Service" lifecycle option was used to trigger the Service Control Manager's recovery function
F Slow shutdown of programs when running in the user's session
F Standard non-admin users could not restart a service due to incorrect permissions
F Restarting services in the GUI would sometimes show two identical message
F Programs could not be run off mapped drives or UNC shares because the Pre-Launch Event Programs never ran
F Recovery options for a FireDaemon service were not saved if a "Reboot" failure action was present
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* 6.3.5 build here February 2026
I Aligned checkboxes on installer Exit Dialog
F FireDaemon Pro GUI didn't store newly entered license information
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* 6.3.4 build here February 2026
F Spurious "the service didn't respond in a timely fashion" message when stopping/restarting services
F Corrected how security access permissions were restricted for users
F Recovery and Pre-Shutdown delay were not saved if a "Restart" or "Reboot" failure action was present
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* 6.3.3 build here February 2026
N Larger font for improved legibility on high resolution displays
I Focused import fields are nicely underlined with red accent colour
I Reporting service status progress enhanced
I Robustness enhancements when starting services
I Debug log messages when program is configured as a console program but has no console to receive Ctrl-C
I Service definitions open 3x faster for editing
F No longer possible to redirect debug log, stderr and stdout to the same file
F Spurious "service did not respond in a timely fashion" messages when stopping or restarting services
F Saving the failure recovery command of Windows services didn't work
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* 6.3.0-6.3.2 build here January 2026
N Bulk update of service user passwords via GUI and CLI
N Support for Server 2025 Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA)
N Service Auditing
- Ability to enable/disable service system auditing via local or domain-wide security policies
- Global service system auditing monitor
- Ability to show the System Access Control List (SACL) of services via the CLI
I Various GUI Improvements
- Improved legibility of technically oriented tooltips by using the mono-spaced font named "Consolas"
- Removed a spurious ellipsis next to "Run Detached" in event program dialog
- Fixed colour artifacts in event log monitor after switching between dark/light theme
- Fixed colour mistakes for Program, Preconditions and Service Password dialogs
- Corrected wrong order of columns of "Launch Event" and "Termination Event" lists
- Corrected colour of dependency list controls for Windows Services.
- List controls respect the dark/light theme colour and visually follow their enabled/disabled state
- Clarified the initially focused and selected input field in dialogs and the service definition
- Hide "Switch to Session 0" on Windows 11 24H2 and later
F Fixed an unresponsive state of the FireDaemon UI when monitoring resources of a service with a process tree
F Corrected FireDaemon UI's application window dimensions when maximised
F The "Save" button remained disabled after inserting, deleting or reordering Environment Variables, Event Programs or Dialog Responders
F Potential FireDaemon UI application crash when restarting a service while the respective Resource Monitor is shown
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* 6.2.5-6.2.6 build here December 2025
I Prevent focus on Software Overview pages for better UI experience
I Log the final invoked program path to the debug log when the path differs to due "reparse points"
I Updated the Windows Event Log entry when the program fils to start
I Log service CRUD operation to Windows Application Log including the user that initiated the operation. This is also shown in the GUI Log Monitor
F If the import of a service definition failed, it should not be saved via the service definition dialog
F Removed "service modified" message for Windows Services when clicking on an already active radio button
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* 6.2.4 build here September 2025
I Usability of Dependencies dialog
I Colouring of drop down lists in combo boxes
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* 6.2.0-6.2.3 build here September 2025
N Leave a scheduled task running when re-run on a schedule (vs terminate and restart)
I Dark mode colours on Scheduling tab
I Exporting service definitions via drag and drop exports in the most recent XML version
I Exporting service definitions is shown in the progress bar
F "Ignore" and "Report only" lifecycle options were ignored
F Schedule updates made via FireDaemon Fusion were rejected with an error
F Installing a service via FireDaemon Fusion was successful but returned an error when reloading the service
F Programs that required Windows Standard User permissions didn't work properly
F Service list was not sorted correctly after updating the service configuration
F Status of buttons to rearrange or remove dependent services or groups did not align with the selection of the dependent service
F The progress bar was wrong when controlling services with dependencies
F Removed annoying "Service modified" message when clicking in the service definition dialog
F Process Group was not loaded from the service definition and defaults were used instead
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* 6.1.6 build here June 2025
I Performance improvement when displaying the Scheduling Preview graph
F Missing seconds in time formatting in Event Log Monitor
F Could not import an XML service definition when 'sid type' attribute was missing
F Crash due to missing icu.dll dependency (Windows 10, Server 2019 only)
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* 6.1.5 build here June 2025
F Same tooltip details were shown for all FireDaemon Pro services
F Service lifecycle options were not loaded from the service definition file. Defaults were used instead
F Label on Self-Completing Task Schedule Preview was named Restart instead of Execute
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* 6.1.4 build here June 2025
I GUI would often flicker when being resized or when being screen shared
I Faster loading of service definitions
F Correctly display system error messages on non-US English locales instead of "Unknown error"
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* 6.1.2-6.1.3 build here May 2025
N Preconditions and state change triggers now work with Self-Completing Tasks
N Preconditions support chaining the execution of services via Precondition process dependencies
N Can export the event log for a specific service for debugging
I Console programs will stop instantly when stopped
I Killing all programs completes with better feedback
I Prefilling the Debug Log File field to a path containing the service name and process start date/time to stop debug log file name recycling
I Internal improvements relating to the use of Windows thread pools
I Improved GUI performance to reduce flickering when the service sort order is not by service status
F Self-Completing Tasks with a schedule were executed unexpectedly when the service was started. Task start now obeys service schedule
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* 6.1.0-6.1.1 build here May 2025
N CPU Selector in the Settings tab allows you to choose cores directly, efficiency class, core number, shared cache, and NUMA node
N Overhauled Dependencies tab layout
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* 6.0.0-6.0.25 build here April 2025
N FireDaemon Pro UI+CLI can be run as a regular user
N SID Type renamed to Run Permissions. Programs can now be run unelevated
N Windows Per-user service templates can be edited. Pro is the only product that can do this
N Multiple FireDaemon Pro and Windows services Resource Monitors (Ctrl+Alt+R)
N Per FireDaemon Pro and Windows services live event log (Ctrl+Alt+E)
N CLI extended to show or set service DACLs
N CLI extended to extract a service user account's password in cleartext
N Monthly Restart schedules
N Halt schedules
N Schedules support fixed calendar days and dates (e.g. 1st Monday of month)
N Schedules support granular start time (e.g. Restart at 12:03 AM)
N Schedule previews (i.e. visualisation of the schedule in a calendar)
N Services sortable in the GUI via Tag
N Support for P and E cores
N Run service based on Program Preconditions including user session (logged in/out), network availability, host pingable (ICMPv4/v6), endpoint availability (host/port/protocol)
- Precondition combined with logical AND (i.e. all preconditions must be true)
- Host name resolution conducted in a non-blocking manner
- For ping and endpoints any successful connection is considered as "host available"
- Resolved addresses are re-resolved automatically after DNS TTL. Logged in local time.
- Cancelling ICMP preconditions conducted in a non-blocking manner
- Process column status indicates awaiting preconditions
- Preconditions are suspended and resumed on power management notifications
- Precondition observes service launch delay, which is included in the log file
- Preconditions can be imported or amended
I Numerous UI improvements (layout, visibility, text consistency, hints, tooltips)
I Program Parameters can span multiple lines for improved readability (use CTRL+Enter)
I Resized the edit field for Program Parameters with auto-wrap text
I Display logical processor topology information
I FireDaemon Pro 3 migration scripts removed from the OEM package
I The event log includes the event program's disposition
I Installer confirmation dialog when upgrading from FireDaemon Pro 4 or 5 to 6
I Load Order Group is pre-populated
I Procedure for restarting services that could fail due to SCM peculiarities
I Service control in the FireDaemon Pro UI is much snappier
I Program Preconditions now work correctly with a launch delay. The launch delay is now a precondition itself, which is visible in the log file accordingly
I No more N/A messages in dialogs (yay)
I Refined the output of the CLI command that uninstalls services
I Refined the error message when controlling a service fails
I Refined error message when a service fails to start because the service user account cannot interact with the desktop
I Check at service startup if the program to run as a service can be executed
I GUI text search includes the PID column
I UI0Detect service event log displayed from multiple sources
I Skip loading of non-existent icon variants so that they do not appear in the Sysinternals Process Monitor
I Confirm or reject attempts to switch to Session 0 via RDP, which may result in RDP session freezes
I The toolbar button focus remains activated even if one of the monitoring windows has the focus
I Handling of delay values in service recovery for Windows services includes conspicuous input validation and that 49710 days is treated as an infinite fail count
F Legacy XML transformations did not work on Server 2025
F Numerous layout, verbiage and other fixes and improvements
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FIREDAEMON PRO 5
THIS VERSION IS END OF LIFE. PLEASE UPGRADE
WORKS WITH FIREDAEMON FUSION 7 ONLY
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* 5.4.17 build here March 2025
F Legacy XML transformations did not work on Server 2025
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* 5.4.15-16 build here February 2025
F Services imported via the CLI were not properly reloaded
F "Service modified" message removed when clicking on an already active radio button
F Changes to sub-intervals correctly reflected in the schedule summary
F FireDaemon Pro 3 services exported with a user defined restart frequency could not be imported
F Restarts did not take place if duration schedules were running
F Cloned services extracted the service password from the wrong original service
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* 5.4.14 build here November 2024
I "Restart computer" message box didn't accept ENTER key, only Ctrl+ENTER
I The ACL list in the Security tab did not resize
I Removed superfluous whitespace in the CLI status output
I Better handle delay values for service recovery for Windows services
F Crash if Default Template was too recent
F The annoying "Service modified" message was removed when clicking buttons in service definition dialogs
F Corrected CTRL-Tab order on Recovery and Response dialogs
F Checkboxes in list controls and buttons on floating tools are correctly redrawn when the theme changes
F Reading REG_MULTI_SZ registry values is more robust
F Invisible EventLog entry in the Applications and Services Windows Event Logs if the service definition failed to load
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* 5.4.13 build here October 2024
I Scroll to the first item after removing the service from the Pre-Shutdown list
F Possible infinite loop when shutting down services with dependencies via CLI
F Removed annoying "Service modified" message when adding service dependencies and then clicking on one of the dependency list boxes
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* 5.4.12 build here September 2024
I Dark theme extended to the Resource Monitor
I Manage special access rights properly for certain built-in services (e.g. MDCoreSvc)
I Skip loading non-existent icon variants
I Handle the condition where service definitions were too recent
F Could not see buttons on Pro GUI landing page for Pro 3 migration
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* 5.4.11 build here May 2024
I Improved error message when a service fails to start due to the service user account not being able to interact with the Session 0 desktop
I Search also includes PID
F GUI crashed when hovering over the restart button of a service that cannot be started (e.g. WdiServiceHost)
F Graceful reload did not take into account changes in the launch delay
F Text was clipped in the Options -> Service Control
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* 5.4.10 build here May 2024
N Service search box prompt
I Stabilised restarting services from the CLI
I Renamed CLI command "edit --startup-type" to "edit --startup-mode" for consistency (previous command available via synonym)
F List grouping issue when service was removed from a group
F Incorrect control of services with dependencies when managed via CLI
F Crash when opening a Windows service for editing that had specific permissions
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* 5.4.9 build here April 2024
F Installing or importing an XML file would fail if empty text strings for certain settings were present
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* 5.4.8 build here March 2024
F Importing a service with user credentials failed to start
F Tag groups were not sorted correctly
F Possible to save invalid service definition XML
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* 5.4.0-5.4.7 build here March 2024
N Installer confirmation dialog when upgrading from Pro 4
N Installer can check for missing language packs
N Installer option to remove all FireDaemon Pro services on uninstall
N XML configuration files contain additional export information (host, user, date/time)
N Service control via CLI uses a notification-based worklist. This means fast start/stops and the ability to cancel service control actions
N firedaemon.exe returns specific error codes instead of "success" to the SCM when service initialisation fails
I Reworded general service rights Read, Modify, Execute
I Service control process stability improvements
I Uniform hang detection nomenclature in GUI, event log, and debug log
I Binary optimisation to reduce resource footprint
I Improved interaction with the operating system thread pool via one-time assignment of subprocess wait object
I Additional debug log trace if registration of the process handle in the thread pool fails
I Consolidated CLI behaviour and options when installing a FireDaemon Pro service
I CLI displays a warning when an unknown command is passed to the help subcommand
I Disambiguate CLI option to add or update an action schedule
I Aligned kind and wording of CLI progress messages when exporting services
I Improved in-session restarts of services and graceful reloads via CLI
I Improved error messages when XML import via CLI fails
I Service control CLI list displays services names rather than display name
I Service control CLI start and restart commands skip disabled services
I Service control CLI wording/output when controlling services
I Installer will terminate if the FireDaemon Pro GUI is running in other user sessions
I Installer will force FireDaemon Pro to be installed into the same directory on upgrade
I Installer checks the product certificate chain is present before attempting to install the product
F CLI would crash if an unknown command or argument was passed
F Crash in FireDaemon Pro GUI when installing a service twice via CLI
F Event log messages path was incorrect
F Service export sometimes did not work when using CLI
F Uninstallation via Control Panel did not display installer full user interface
S Installation of service definition XML via CLI was not fully validated. Path checks can be skipped with new --exclude-path-checks option
S Numeric options when creating or editing a service via CLI were not fully validated
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* 5.3.1 build here December 2023
I Parameters field has been made larger / auto wraps to make long command lines easier to read
I Debug log contains the Event Disposition (e.g. Before Program Launch)
I FireDaemonCLI create includes --startup-type option so you can specify the service startup type
S Extended SBoM to show all software components
S Removed VBS scripts from the Pro OEM ZIP file
F Inadvertent launch of online help when clicking Switch to Session 0 icon
F GUI would crash when hovering over a service that cannot be loaded
F FireDaemonCLI status --pid option was on by default
F FireDaemonCLI deconfigure help description was inaccurate
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* 5.3.0 build here October 2023
I Renamed the untagged/ungrouped group of services to "Untagged" and "Ungrouped"
I Minor text change for Unspecified processor groups
F Incorrect XML schema was present that prevented Fusion from creating services with empty tags
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* 5.2.5 build here September 2023
I Pretty-print exported XML definition files
I Per-user Windows service instances are now read-only
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* 5.2.4 build here July 2023
I Display system local name in System Overview
I Keep default SIDs in FireDaemon Pro service's ACL intact to stop users locking themselves out of their own services
I Disable Restore SID Defaults for Windows services
I Re-order CPU priority class
F Various broken CLI commands and help text
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* 5.2.3 build here June 2023
I Tool tips accurately reflect why a service cannot be changed
I Scheduling date and time formats follow system locale
F Resource Monitor did not work on Windows 10
F Context menu corrections after changing a service configuration
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* 5.2.2 build here June 2023
I Adjusted default service definition template to recognise a flapping process within 50ms
I License information gets trimmed when pasted
I Ability to copy/paste all license information from order confirmation
I Coalesce and throttle reactions to service and process status updates in the GUI
I Updated keyboard shortcuts
I Corrected tooltips in resource monitor graphs
I Thin dotted line included in the resource monitor graphs to indicate start of measurements
I Visual groups are now reactive elements, including a context menu
F Resource monitor would show empty graphs for process trees
F Status bar text was wrong when hovering over context menu items
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* 5.2.1 build here May 2023
N Group Attribute column for Windows Services
I Renamed default colour scheme to "Windows Default"
I Minor tool tip text updates
I Single background colour for the service list to improve legibility
F Taskbar and update bar now show the correct text of full messages
F Hot cloning two services simultaneously would result in the same service name
F Fix a crash when hot cloning a "ghosted" service (i.e. one with a missing service definition file)
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* 5.2.0 build here May 2023
N Windows Services can be grouped by SVCHOST and LSASS group
N FireDaemon Pro GUI displays the total number of services visible, total number of services, and the total number of services selected
N Additional service control information is provided when hovering over the start, stop, and restart buttons
N For running Windows Services, if you hover over the Status column, you will see what control codes are accepted by that service
N When you hover over the main service control buttons, additional information is displayed advising what actions can be applied to the selected services
N Schedules can be exported as XML from the Scheduling tab by right clicking on the schedule list field
I If a service cannot be controlled, as part of a multiple-service control action, then the action will not applied to the service that cannot be controlled
I You can now set the Theme directly. The theme also available via the Options dialog
I Removed dependency on Visual Studio C++ Runtime
I Resource Monitor summarises CPU, RAM, and I/O utilisation for the entire process tree.
I For FireDaemon Services, the Resource Monitor displays the number of processes in the process tree
I For Windows Services, the Resource Monitor displays the program running as a service
I Revised the wording and capitalisation of various tooltips
I Renamed "System Services" to "Windows Services" for consistency
I Left aligned PID column for better legibility
I Colour theme can be selected. Previous you had to cycle through the options
I Visual grouping of services is on by default
F Colour styles applied of Security tab were incorrect
F Cryptic CLI error messages removed
F firedaemoncli.exe list-all did not work as expected
F Missing tooltips
F Sorting of Startup Type column did not work as expected
F Hot tracking toolbar lists did not work as expected when scrolling
F Tags could only be 14 characters long. Now 255 characters long
F Service security ACL editor would not update permissions if they were changed in the Advanced View dialog
F Service security ACL editor does not remove "Change Permissions"
F CoreETW.man manifest missing from OEM package
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* 5.0.0-5.1.3 build here May 2023
N 64-bit only
N Hardware-based code signing
N Themes (Dark, Light, Automatic)
N Live service monitoring and reporting
N Live service resource monitoring
N Service tagging
N GUI, CLI, and service component separation
N CLI rationalisation
N ETW logging
N Security ACLs
N Advanced Installer MSI installer
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FIREDAEMON PRO 4.6
THIS VERSION IS END OF LIFE. PLEASE UPGRADE
WORKS WITH FIREDAEMON FUSION 6.6 ONLY
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* 4.6.2-4.6.3 build here November 2022
I Toolchain update
I Digital certificate update
F Incorrectly reporting program was scheduled when in fact it was stopped
F Cosmetic updates to the GUI
F If the default template failed to load causing various random errors (!)
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* 4.6.0-4.6.1 build here January 2022
I Updated EULA and README
I Updated VC Runtime
F CPU bindings might break during service XML import from machine with more CPUs / cores
F Product correctly reports Windows 11 and Server 2022 versions on screen and in logs
F Product would continually restart a program if the schedule start date was in the future
F Tab order controls were out of order on the Logging tab
F Trial mode issues
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* 4.5.35 build here July 2021
I Windows 10 versions correctly identified (e.g. 20H2)
I Minor UI updates
F Non-operational daily scheduling didn't work
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* 4.5.34 build here May 2021
N System locale and timezone details included in debug log
F Crash when using Duration schedules
F Help output text corrections
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* 4.5.33 build here March 2021
I License expiry type displayed for all license types (trial, perpetual, time-limited)
I Service definition is validated prior to transformation during import
I Log failed service creation via CLI when "nochecks" is used
I Full XML error details are displayed when importing an invalid service definition
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* 4.5.32 build here February 2021
N --configure --TurnOffOnboardingCues to disable visual cues in the Pro OEM GUI
F License registration dialog crash
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* 4.5.31 build here February 2021
N Improved technical error reporting when importing XML schedule fragments
I Log entries for application hangs are informational rather than an error
F Service information not refreshed when editing a service
F Programs would not start when a 'Halt' scheduled completed
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* 4.5.30 build here January 2021
F Schedules created prior to 4.5.26 would not be imported
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* 4.5.29 build here January 2021
F Crash when default template could not be loaded
F Reading / displaying numeric recovery option values for system services didn't work
F Services with "Enable Actions for Stops with Errors" recovery option could not be stopped
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* 4.5.28 build here December 2020
F Crash when editing Windows service dependencies
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* 4.5.27 build here December 2020
N Additional services settings included as part of graceful reload
N User guide URLs
N Registration Information available from Start Menu
N Additional environment variables FDProcessId and FDProcessCreationTime
I Servicing release (VC++ 16.8)
F Saving changes sometimes didn't update SCM settings
F Decouple responding to dialogs from Freeze Detection
F Environment variables were not available "In Session"
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* 4.5.26 build here November 2020
I Compatibility updates. Use with FireDaemon Fusion 6.5.20 or later only
F Modified schedules were always saved even when you cancelled
F Program uptime and downtime calculations were incorrect when overlapping duration and halt schedules were used
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* 4.5.25 build here October 2020
F GUI crash when saving a new service
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* 4.5.24 build here September 2020
I Updated README
F Service couldn't be created after applying license
F Ghost floating toolbar after deleting a service would cause a crash
F Advanced UI animations would cause a crash if they couldn't be played
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* 4.5.23 build here June 2020
N Service SID Type configurable via Settings tab
I Control Flags option deprecated and removed from Settings tab
I Additional revised field names and tools tips for consistency
I Reloadable changes to services definitions (e.g. scheduling) are reflected immediately in the running service
I CLI --edit option --NoApply to stop changes propagation to a running service
F Process statistics for Windows services were always zero
F Password was not checked when editing a service via CLI --edit
F Application of incorrect license would drop the product back into trial mode
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* 4.5.22 build here June 2020
I Revised field names and tools tips for consistency
I Smother experience when editing services
F Incorrect program state displayed when a Restart and Duration schedule overlapped
F Crash if Launch or Termination Event program could not be run
F Unit labels were displayed incorrectly when DPI > 100%
F Could not change Recovery options Reset Fail Count After and Reset Service After
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* 4.5.21 build here May 2020
N Service SID Type can be set on the command line when creating or editing services
N Statistics monitoring can be deactivated in the GUI
I Services now created with no Service SID type to maximise application compatibility
F User verification failed during service import if the user account lacked Logon As A Service rights
F Couldn't clone a service if the service contained regular expression characters
F Couldn't edit a service if the service contained regular expression characters
F Can select Group Managed Service User Accounts from Windows User Browser
F Couldn't import / export services from / to UNC paths
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* 4.5.20 build here April 2020
N Ability to --edit and gracefully reload service lifecycle
options via the CLI
I Self completing tasks that return a 0 exit code yield an
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* 4.5.19 build here March 2020
N Textual description when defining a schedule
I Service lifecycle now applied to Job Groups
I Application restart upon logoff now works the same as Pro 3
F Crash when dropping service definition into the Pro GUI
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* 4.5.18 build here February 2020
N Ability to send custom commands via STDIN
N Ability to choose processor group affinity
N Displays and logs information about NUMA nodes affected by
N Search box for filtering services
N Observe user logoff when 'running in a session of
N Make inbound Drag'n'Drop work
N Disable context menu on all MDI child frames, listing "Output" pane
N Lifecycle options based on exit code
N Improve event-logging on subprocess termination
N Run after-event post-phase programs on successful completion
N 'Kill All' now only kills the subprocess and lets the FireDaemon service handle the rest
N Ability to launch programs that require higher execution levels
N Ability to terminate/restart the hung application
N Terminate job group when the primary process terminates
N Propagate subprocess' exit code to 'after-event' post-programs
N More fine-grained options when to run 'after-event' post-programs
N Option to exit a subprocess
N Onboarding: hotspots (visual cues), first landing in regard to license key and Pro 3 migration
N Confirm actions controlling all services
N Run on current input desktop when started in-session
N Retain service account password when cloning services
N Retain service account password when importing services
N Ability to switch to service's desktop when started in-session
N Revive launch delay
N Ability to change border and hover colour of toolbar buttons via skin.xml file
N Consistency in terminology for Event Programs and Program Type
N Additional Restart repetition intervals
N Tooltips for the lists hosting the Event Programs
N Revive launch delay
N Support 'Halt' schedules (no UI)
N Edit launch delay from the command line
N Ability to import schedules
N Consistency of double quotes in CLI help output
N Setup.exe is now dual-signed
F Reflect CPU affinity across job group
F Correctly determine memory usage for the 64-bit process under
F Allow explicitly setting 'unspecified' processor group
F Improve pre-shutdown order list handling
F Enable 'Bring to Front' context menu item only for the current session
F Resize schedule dialog to be wide enough for various settings
F Ship with different default lifecycle settings
F Fix CPU affinity check with only one core
F Wait until restart of a Restart schedule when a launch delay is configured and the time point of hot-reloading a schedule overlaps with the launch delay
F Fix condition with one processor core where subprocess wouldn't get launched w/o a launch delay
F Fix infinite termination/launch loop once 'hung program' detection kicks in
F Fix losing virtual service user account
F Postpone question for possible reboot until end of the upgrade installation
F Suspend scheduled restarts only after reaching flap/fail count
F Align wording for "Startup Type" with the Service Control Manager terminology
F Fixed a crash on most recent Windows 10/Server 2016 that occurred when the trial period has expired
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FIREDAEMON PRO 4.0
THIS VERSION IS END OF LIFE.
UPGRADE TO FINAL PRO 4.6 FOR FREE
WORKS WITH FIREDAEMON FUSION 6.0 ONLY
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* 4.0.72 build here November 2019
I Disable Migration information pane in Pro OEM
F Landing page buttons didn't work on XP
F Dual sign modules and executables for XP
F Subprocess was not launched if a future restart schedule present
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* 4.0.71 build here October 2019
N CLI hot reload service schedule after modification
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* 4.0.70 build here October 2019
N Skinning of the Section Bar
I Duration schedules take precedence over Restart schedules
I Schedules suspended on power state changes
F Crash when service user account password is changed
F Detects service user account without administrative rights
F OEM customisation errors when using --configure directive
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* 4.0.69 build here September 2019
F Installer dialog sequence
F Installer failed on Windows XP
F Installer "Setup Complete" dialog issues at 250% DPI
F Virtual service accounts cannot interact with desktop
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* 4.0.68 build here August 2019
N Support for virtual service accounts (NT Service\<Service Name>)
N Command line option to create/modify/delete a restart schedule
I Command line output in UTF-8
F Managed and group managed service accounts didn't work (DOMAIN\account$)
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* 4.0.67 build here August 2019
N Improved notifications when in trial mode
F Welcome screen adjustments at for various DPI percentages
F firedaemon -v didn't show correct product name
F Drawing issue for scheduled restart time origin
F Removed non-functional sort headers
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* 4.0.66 build here June 2019
N Installer checks for Pro 3 and optionally displays migration guide
N First run wizard
N Display summary for yearly duration schedules
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* 4.0.65 build here May 2019
N Can no longer install 32-bit version on 64-bit OS
I Removed service migration dialog from installer
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* 4.0.64 build here April 2019
N Prevent the installation of the 64-bit version over the 32-bit version
N Updated EULA and README
I Debug log now logs the subprocess termination
F GUI icon artifacts when running at 125% DPI
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* 4.0.63 build here January 2019
F Schedule end date could be before start date
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* 4.0.62 build here November 2018
I Resolve when Pre and Post Program run:
After-Event Pre-Programs run only on successful process creation
After-Event Post-Programs run on program self termination
After-Event Post-Programs run on program failed creation
F Increase default Memory Usage column width
F Validate service definition self-completing tasks and duration schedules
F Prevent creating Before-Event Pre-Programs for self-completing tasks
F Before-Event Pre-Programs run before checking executable to run as service
F Some services would disappear when manually refreshing the service list
F Fix service list sort order when sorted on anything other than name
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* 4.0.61 build here October 2018
N Support for Server 2019
N Can apply license key information during silent install
I Text in Lifecycle Options dropdowns more obvious
I Used the operating system "marketing name" Pro is running on
F Fail detection didn't work when the subprocess has flapped already
F Freeze when controlling system services from service definition dialog
F License keys with ampersands didn't display in application menu
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* 4.0.60 build here September 2018
F Pre-Service events didn't execute
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* 4.0.59 build here September 2018
F Product might crash when opening registration dialog box
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* 4.0.58 build here September 2018
N Made text in Lifecycle options clearer
I License storage now shared for x86 and x64 product versions
F Migrating duration schedules on specific weekdays results in wrong end time
F Could not import service having 2 or more dependencies
F Service dependencies would be duplicated when editing a service via the CLI
F Corrected Event Log registry value settings
F Service control toolbar for a system service didn't observe its startup type and status
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FIREDAEMON PRO 3
THIS VERSION IS END OF LIFE. PLEASE UPGRADE.
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* 3.15.2765 build here October 2018
N Support for Server 2019
F Freeze when controlling system services from service definition dialog
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* 3.15.2764 build here September 2018
I Manual updates and corrections
F Dependencies duplication when editing a service via CLI
F Could not import XML when 2 or more dependencies present
F Could not write to stdout/stderr after program crash in Job Group
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* 3.15.2763 build here August 2018
N Maximum of 32 cores available with 32-bit FireDaemon Pro
I Manual updates and corrections
F Memory statistics incorrect on large memory systems > 1TB RAM
F CPU mask incorrect on machines > 32 cores
F GUI would quit when selecting > 32 cores on 32-bit systems
F GUI would quit when selecting > 64 cores on 64-bit systems
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* 3.15.2761 build here April 2018
I Manual updates and corrections
F Stdout/stderr redirection didn't work after program exit
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* 3.15.2760 build here December 2017
I Manual updates and corrections
F Scheduled restart would sometimes launch duplicate processes
F Services running in session, would not be restarted in session
when Serial Number Name and Serial Number was applied
F Service was not restarted if the application window style was changed
F Incorrect operating system information displayed on Windows 10/2016
F Memory leak in SID/ACE cleanup
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* 3.14.2755 build here May 2017
I Manual updates and corrections
F Bulk XML import would sometimes fail
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* 3.14.2754 build here May 2017
F Crash on Windows 10 or Server 2016 after you apply Windows
Update KB4019472
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* 3.14.2753 build here April 2017
I Double sign installers and EXEs (SHA1 + SHA2)
I Manifest file removed from x86/x64 installer and OEM ZIP
F XML import did not import environment variables
F XML import did not import more than one dialog response
F Setting restart schedule time to 12:00:00PM would cause service
to continually restart
F Crash when clicking service filter button in GUI on Windows 10
F Pro wouldn't launch on XP/2003 due to manifest issue
F Starting services under some restrictive user accounts would
fail with "Invalid Handle"
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* 3.13.2747 build here June 2016
I FireDaemon Fusion 5 compatibility updates
I Services definitions can be passed without .xml extension
F Minor layout issues in Help->About when in Trial Mode
F Changing Display Name prefix was impossible via XML import
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* 3.12.2745 build here February 2016
I Pro OEM CLI setup simplified (see manual)
I Skinning/theming significantly enhanced (see manual)
I Language of all EXE and DLL now en-US
I More detail provided when a service cannot start
I Obsoleted "v" prefix and "GA" suffix in version strings
I FireDaemon Pro OEM error reporting improved when product
registry keys not found
I FireDaemon version numbering consistent across GUI and CLI
I Correct product terminology now "Pro" and "Pro OEM"
I Splash screen simplified
I Minor CLI text corrections
I FireDaemon.exe and Core.dll have FireDaemon icon added
I Numerous manual updates and corrections
F Incorrect PID displayed on CLI with --status --pid when
service was scheduled as subprocess had terminated
F Dependencies layout glitch on Korean Windows 10
F Misplaced OK button on New/Edit dialog on Korean Windows 10
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* 3.11.2737 build here (v3.11 GA) December 2015
N Automatic start FireDaemon services installed via the
command line can be installed in the stopped state
N Additional command line --edit options:
--ScheduleDays, --ScheduleTime, ScheduleRestart,
--ScheduleDefaults, --AccountName, --AccountPassword
N Registry "Parameters" key now has accurate ACL applied
during service install allowing firedaemon.exe to read
and update when run as any user
N firedaemon.exe uses exact access rights when accessing
the registry avoiding trying for All Access and filling
the Security Event Logs with access denied
I Services faster to start/stop
I All EXE and DLL digitally signed SHA256
I Better error reporting with OEM --configure when
help file is missing
I Fixed popup verbiage warning when running service as a
regular user account
I Minor text command line help text formatting improvements
I Numerous manual updates and corrections
F User name column in FireDaemon GUI sometimes contained
invalid characters
F Affinity mask value in debug log was wrong
F Service configure with a Pre-Launch delay and
scheduled restart would be restarted twice
F Service would not restart if scheduled to run across
a time range plus debug log would fill with
unnecessary time checking information
F When importing XML via GUI and XML is malformed,
the displayed error message contained invalid characters
F Services scheduled between two times would not restart
the second time
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* 3.10.2729 build here (v3.10 GA) October 2015
N Branding enhancements:
- can replace word "FireDaemon" text in toolbar tooltips
- can specify custom help file
- can specify no help file
- can change the name of "firedaemon.exe"
N OEM ONLY can set "firedaemon.exe" new name and help file
name via --configure
N --edit --validate fully validates service config from CLI
I Responsiveness of monitor thread
I Numerous manual updates and corrections
F Post Events were not run when Upon Program Exit
was set to Shutdown FireDaemon
F CLI option --edit actually works as advertised now
F Debug log messages missing some descriptive text
F Some debug log messages actually incorrect
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* 3.9.2722 build here (v3.9 GA) September 2015
I FIREDAEMON and FIREDAEMON_HOME environment variables
obsoleted and no longer required by product or
used when locating theme/skin
I Windows XP and 2003 specific EXEs obsoleted
I Internal XML parser updated to MSXML 3.0
I Additional checks to prevent subprocess double start
I Better formatting on export of XML config files
I PreService and PostService XML exported correctly when
attributes are empty
I When importing PreService and PostService XML missing
attributes handled gracefully
I Hardened calls to external DLLs
I Scheduling dates can now be after 2038 (!)
I Subprocess memory working set can now be > 4GB
I OEM includes MSVC 2010 SP1 redistributable
I Numerous manual updates and corrections
F XML import would fail if service account name contained
non-standard characters or punctuation
F Field scrolling issues with ultra-long service Parameters
F Potential buffer overflows when reading DWORD/QWORD
from registry
F Erroneous error popup when trying to set service user
account on built-in Windows services
F XML attribute Program contained redundant attributes
F Help->About->System Info didn't work on Windows 10
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* 3.8.2717 build here (v3.8 GA) August 2015
I Updated executable manifests for Windows 10
I Correct identification of various Windows 10 versions in
Help->About and debug log
I Manual updates and corrections
F GUI crash when clicking Filter button on Windows 10
F Sometimes two subprocesses would be launched on
subprocess crash
F Updating service user credentials on inbuilt Windows
services would cause the GUI to crash
F Ctrl-C not sent to console apps
F Erroneous popups displayed when changing Startup Mode
F Removed junk characters in Startup Mode confirmation
change dialog box
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* 3.8.2697 build here (v3.8 GA) July 2015
F DLL entry point error on XP/2003
F EXE initialisation error on 2003 x64
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* 3.8.2685 build here (v3.8 GA) June 2015
N --edit CLI option
N Can set default Job Type value for each new service created
(see File -> Options)
N When application is run as user - entire hive is loaded for
user
I File and Folder browsing dialogs are consistently all
Vista styled on Vista or later
I Minor splash screen and CLI --help text updates
I Manual updates and corrections
F Not all dependent services were shutdown when master
service was stopped via GUI or CLI
F Manual services did not restart in session if Graceful
Shutdown was not checked
F Previously run in session user was still displayed in
GUI when machine was shutdown
F When shutting down a service with dependencies the
wrong "master" service was displayed
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* 3.7.2660 build here (v3.7 GA) March 2014
N Switch To Session 0 button on toolbar
N Text labels on toolbar buttons
N FDDATE and FDTIME environment variables
I Removal of erroneous and misleading debug log messages
I Manual updates and corrections
F --install service.xml edit would whack the entire service
config instead of just replacing changed items
F Unnecessary subprocess checking when service was scheduled
F When app running in session and you logged off, app would
not restart
F Kill All missing from right-click menu
F Switch to Session 0 keyboard shortcut didn't work
F Time calculations on scheduled jobs incorrect when restart
delays were used
F Services would halt when scheduled restarts were used in
conjunction with a time schedule, the app was marked as
console (requiring a console control handler) and
Pre-Shutdowns were enabled.
F Text on last installer dialog not displayed on some
RDP sessions
F CLI --stop-all returned incorrect ERRORLEVEL when
all FireDaemon services already stopped
F CLI --start-all-automatic displayed incorrect warnings
if some services were no set to automatic start
F When updating a service, double quotes were stripped from
the registry ImagePath
F Monitoring and scheduling would live lock when a scheduled
service installed on a particular day of the week was
scheduled to not run on that day
F FireDaemon would start two instances of the sub-process
after the second sub-process failure.
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* 3.6.2634 build here (v3.6 GA) October 2013
I Manual updates and corrections
F Version checking wasn't working
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* 3.6.2632 build here (v3.6 GA) September 2013
N Support for Windows 8, 8.1 and Server 2012, 2012 R2
N Popup suppression in Options to keep the GUI quiet
N Ability to open debug log from the GUI
N Switch to session 0 via the GUI or CLI
N New/Edit Service dialog logical grouping of fields
resulting in new Lifecycle and Logging tabs
N Support for Pre Shutdown notifications (Vista or later)
N Support for Managed Service Accounts (AD 2008 R2 or later)
N FD_TRACELEVEL global environment variable. Set to DEBUG
for massive tracing in the debug log
N Support for more than 32 cores
N Services are started and stopped in the background
avoiding "hangs" in the GUI
N Notification "strip" in GUI showing which services are being
started/stopped
N Kill all (GUI and CLI) brutally terminates services
I Services running in session are restarted in session if
the user is still logged in
I Service startup/shutdown times are significantly faster
I Continuous flushing of debug log, stdout and stderr
I Copyright and splash screen updates
I Removal of a variety of popup status messages
I New logos and links in splash, Help/About and CLI
I Updated EULA
I Manual updates and corrections
I FireDaemon Fusion compatibility update
F Services ran improperly when configured to run as
NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE or NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE and
F Misidentification of various Windows operating systems
F stderr/stdout handles not freed correctly after process
crash leading to inability to write stderr/stdout on
restart
F Under rare circumstances token handles would leak when run
as certain user accounts
F Column sort ascending or descending arrows visible
F Very long environment variables would cause a crash
F Lack of quoting of the executable would sometimes cause
service start failures
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* 3.5.2536 build here (v3.5 GA) May 2011
F Importing v3.1 or earlier XML configs would corrupt the
dependency list
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* 3.5.2535 build here (v3.5 GA) May 2011
N New CLI option --status --pid
I Environment variables can be used in all paths
I Unicode support
I FireDaemon Fusion compatibility update
I Testing messages removed from debug log
I Updated EULA
I Manual updates and corrections
F Lines in debug log might be truncated
F CtrlC registry entry contained non-printable character
F Could not save Cloned Services without making changes
F Dependent services were not being stopped by GUI or CLI
F Attempting to run service as user might fail if
.\ format was used
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* 3.1.2527 build here (v3.1 GA) February 2011
I Manual updates and corrections
F Bulk export reports incorrect quantity of services exported
F Authenticode digital signature didn't work on Windows 7
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* 3.1.2526 build here (v3.1 GA) January 2011
N Bring To Front GUI option
N CPU utilisation column in GUI
N GUI remembers column widths
N Pre/Post Service apps can detatch
N Global option allowing you specify Clone/Hot Clone short and
display name prefix and separators
N Global option to install automatic services without
starting them
N Can choose whether to send Ctrl+C or Break to console apps
N CLI --start-all --stop-all --restart-all show progress
N CLI --start option has --in-session suboption
N CLI --restart option has --in-session suboption
I Removal of various GUI dialog boxes to improve workflow
I Dependency drop downs sorted by Display Name
I Update copyright notices to 2011
I Obtuse window sizing messages in debug log removed
I Options dialog not adorned with [X]
I Remove Default as Run Program setting in Pre/Post Service
I Alt keyboard shortcuts missing from some Service menu items
I GUI text alignments and layout improvements
I Updated EULA
I Manual updates and corrections
I Ported to VS 2010 - ships with VC++ Runtime 2010
I Support for Windows XP SP1 and SP2 dropped
I Suppressed irrelevant delayed start Event Log warning on XP
F Service get installed twice after clicking Apply and OK
F Updating a service with dependencies always failed
F Window focus when there is an invalid pre/post service exe
F Help->About->Details and Debug Log misidentified
Server 2008 R2
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* 3.0.2437 build here (v3.0 GA) August 2010
N Apply button in New/Edit Service dialog
I Additional logging when service is "hot" updated
I Graceful Shutdown now sends WM_CLOSE to top level of
application only then attempts to catch popups
I Better detection of VC++ runtime during installation
I Manual updates and corrections
F Restart at scheduled time did not restart if the time
was changed
F CLI XML export did not export user credentials
F CLI XML import did not import stderr/stdout redirection
options from Fusion correctly
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* 3.0.2422 build here (v3.0 GA) April 2010
N New licensing - please see website
N Available as native 64-bit application
N --restart and --status CLI commands support wildcards
I Registry keys rationalised
I Version checking in OEM disabled by default
I Updated EULA
I Manual updates and corrections
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* 1.9.2414 build here (v1.9 GA) January 2010
N --start and --stop CLI commands support wildcards
I Copyright year updated
I Remove Windows 2000 from splash and CLI
I Updated EULA
I Manual updates and corrections
I daeMON no longer included in installer
I Executables contain Windows 7 application compatibility
manifests
F Wrong shortcuts placed when using installer in silent mode
F When choosing Pre/Post programs residing in the root of the
file system (eg. C:\) default Working Directory would
not include trailing slash
F FireDaemon Fusion compatibility updates
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* 1.9.2405 build here (v1.9 GA) December 2009
I License key entering and checking optimisations
I Manual updates and corrections
F Help -> About -> Details service pack info wrong on Win 7
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* 1.9.2402 build here (v1.9 GA) November 2009
N Includes daeMON v0.09
I Manual updates and corrections
I Specialised OEM skin
F Duplicate CLI help text
F Incorrect text displayed when skinned in trial mode
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* 1.9.2401 build here (v1.9 Pre-GA) October 2009
N Additional skinning options (see manual)
N --create options: uponexit and smffrequency
F Debug log SID sometimes corrupt
F Post events not run when Graceful Shutdown was unchecked
F Skinning used wrong icon on New/Edit Service Dialog
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* 1.9.2393 build here (v1.9 Pre-GA) September 2009
N --install edit option: if service already exists just
update configuration
N FireDaemon Fusion compatibility release
F Post processes did not run in Session on Vista/2008/7
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* 1.9.2385 build here (v1.9 Pre-GA) August 2009
F Post processes did not run in Session
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* 1.9.2384 build here (v1.9 Pre-GA) August 2009
N Includes daeMON v0.08
F Start/Restart (in Session) available to built in services
(not desirable)
F Service column sub-sorts by Service Display Name rather
than Service Short Name when sorting by any other column
F Service restart would sometimes leave services in stopped state
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* 1.9.2383 build here (v1.9 Pre-GA) August 2009
N Support for Windows 2000 dropped
N Automatically created built-in environment variables available
to sub-process, Pre-Service and Post-Service events:
%FDServiceShortName%, %FDServiceDisplayName%,
%FDServiceDescription%, %FDServiceExecutable%,
%FDServiceWorkDir%, %FDServiceParameters%
N --create options: username= password=
I Removed requirement for MSI 3.0 in the installer (= smaller)
I Text updates to splash screen, Help/About and CLI --help
I Manual updates / corrections
I Service ImagePath registry variable correctly enclosed in quotes
when there are spaces in the path or name of executable
F Attempt load of XML config with invalid paths to debug, stdout,
stderr files would fail
F Less obtuse debug message when window styles cannot be set
F Pre-Service, Post-Service apps now run "in session" when
Start (in session) or Restart (in session) selected
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* 1.9.2381 build here (v1.9 Pre-GA) July 2009
N Start application in current session (right click
Start (in session). Used to defeat Vista, 2008, 7
Session 0 isolation
N Ability to clone services hot (ie. complete duplication
and start in one click)
N Ability to clone services warm (ie. complete duplication
then edit in one click)
N Service updates can occur hot to avoid a service restart.
FireDaemon will periodically re-poll configuration for changes
and apply as necessary.
N Included Service Description column in GUI
N Column expansion on hover
N Silent installer command line switches to control installer
behaviour (see Silent Installation section in manual - F1)
I Installer Windows 7 compatible
I Buy Now menu item (moved from Help menu)
I When applying license, GUI does not attempt to restart
all services when none are present
F Windows 7 not correctly identified in Debug Log and
Help/About/Details
F Crash when starting interactive services when user
did not have sufficient permissions
F Duplicate service display name error wasn't particularly
helpful
F Debug log file not mandatory when Debug Logging is checked
F Could not open Dialog Debug Log when service was running
F Right click and Service menus consistent
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* 1.9.2355 build here (v1.9 GA) April 2009
N CPU Bindings can be entered in Base 2, 10 and 16
N Support for upto 32 cores
N Fail detection: forces hard limit on number of restarts
N GUI size and location remembered
N --create CLI arguments: nochecks, stopped, replace
N Service menu includes Import, Export, Export All
N Right click menu duplicates Service menu functionality
I Tested with Windows 7
I Window styles now enforced on apps that refuse to accept
style during sub-process creation
I Updated support email address to integrate with Kayako
I Manual updates / corrections
I Installer no longer keeps persistent variables
I Installer integrates with FAQ, Videos, Up2Date
F When installing service with duplicate name, original
service would be stopped first
F Service menu shortcuts would disappear
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* 1.9.2339 build here (v1.9 GA) February 2009
N Action context specific menus and buttons
N Debug log contains detailed OS, CPU and RAM info
N Help/About/Details contains detailed OS, CPU and RAM info
N Includes daeMON v0.07
I Manual updates / corrections
I Updated EULA + README
F Wrong app might be launched if ambiguous filename provided
F Crash when importing XML via CLI with Environment section
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* 1.9.2325 build here (v1.9 GA) January 2009
N Can set User Defined Scheduled Restart (by second)
N Debug log now contains system info
N All GUI options now in File -> Options dialog
- Enable/disable splash screen
- Enable/disable service filtering
- Set GUI refresh interval
- Enable/disable version checking
I Manual updates / corrections
F Some menu items didn't have text descriptions
F OEM --configure didn't create all registry keys
F Debug log output formatting issues
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* 1.9.2311 build here (v1.9 GA) November 2008
N Full and web installers (MSI / EXE) available
I Manual updates / corrections
I Updated digital signatures
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* 1.9.2310 build here (v1.9 GA) October 2008
N GUI displays PID and Memory of all running services
N GUI columns sortable
N Can edit multiple builtin services simultaneously
I GUI service refresh much smoother
I Debug/stderr/stdout logs force flushed and can be opened
whilst service is running
I Remove "Pro" specific menu items from OEM GUI
I When searching for themes if FIREDAEMON_HOME not defined
use HKLM InstallationDir instead
I Verbiage in default skin corrected
I --uninstall-all reports how many services were removed
I Updated EULA + README
I Manual updates / corrections
I Web based + monolithic EXE/MSI installers available
F When updating built in service GUI didn't refresh
F Some CLI commands returned incorrect ERRORLEVEL
F Minor memory leak in GUI when closing Service dialog
F GUI created incorrect HKLM reg key during version check
F GUI right-click -> Restart didn't work for builtin services
F Pre/Post Events leaked ACE when run as a specific user
F GUI crash during refresh when installing service via CLI
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* 1.9.2296 build here (v1.9 GA) August 2008
N Can edit all builtin Windows services
N Support for Service Control Manager Recovery options
N DEP/NX support for WinXP SP3, Vista SP1 and Server 2008
N Right click menu on service list (Edit/Start/Stop/Restart/Delete)
N GUI and CLI skinnable (icons, logos, text)
N --export-all CLI option
N --import-all CLI option
N --create CLI option
N --start-all-automatic CLI option
N --status CLI option
N All CLI commands return ERRORLEVEL
N Can scheduled restart at specific time
N Automatic (Delayed Start) startup mode (Vista, 2008 only)
N Service PID and Memory Usage displayed in main UI
N Added Task Manager to File menu
N Upon Program Exit now has Reboot option
I Warnings emitted to EventLog if debug and stderr/stdout
cannot be opened or written to
I Text fields do not reset positionally when GUI looses focus
I Manual updates / corrections
I Services names now accepted with - and _
I Autostart automatic services on import
I Updated logos/icons
I NT4 no longer supported
I Updated EULA + README
I Build environment prepared for open sourcing
F was not imported from XML
F Graphics / text alignment on splash screen
F Operating system incorrectly reported in Help/About/Details
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* 1.9.2251 build here (v1.9 GA) August 2007 (Repackage only)
I Manual updates / corrections
F MSI ICE fixes
F MSI update CLSID incorrect
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* 1.9.2251 build here (v1.9 GA) July 2007
N Installer repackaged for Vista Certification
N Includes daeMON v0.05
N MSI (Microsoft Installer) also available
I Manual updates / corrections
I Updated EULA + README
F Shortcuts wouldn't install on NT4
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* 1.9.2251 build here (v1.9 GA) February 2007
N Includes daeMON v0.04
I Manual updates / corrections
I Compatibility updates for integration with Trinity
I Updated EULA + README
I Hyperlink changes in Help/About
F On Microsoft Cluster Server, Pre-Launch delays in
conjunction with SMF timeouts could cause app to be
terminated before it had completely initialised causing
abnormal failover hence monitoring thread only starts
_after_ monitoring interval has elapsed
F Help -> About -> System Info didn't work on Vista
F Dependencies drop down list incorrect height on Win2K
F Some CLI commands without args would cause a crash
F Dependencies Tab tab order corrected
F Invalid entrypoint found when run on NT4
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* 1.9.2246 build here (v1.9 GA) January 2007
N Works with Vista
N MSI based installer for use with Group Policy and Vista
N Restart all option (CLI option: --restart-all, GUI button)
N Updated digital signatures
N Dependencies placed in dropdown lists for easy addition
N CLI product registration (--register)
I Compatibility updates for integration with Trinity
I Manual updates / corrections
I New warnings when installing interactive services with
limited privileges
I Dependent services now started/restarted
I UI refresh optimisation
I CLI text formatting
I Tidied up generated XML
I Included process flap logging in debug logs
I Updated EULA + README
F Executable resources incorrect
F Applying license key sometimes doesn't restart all services
F Process was not restarted when flap detection and scheduling
were both enabled
F Services installed via CLI now appear in GUI
F Ignore Control Flag options transposed in GUI
F Could instantiate multiple GUIs in trial mode
F Scheduled restart and monitoring could collide resulting in
duplicate process spawn
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* 1.9.2203 build here (v1.9 GA) June 2006
I Manual updates / corrections
I Better error message when installing service with
duplicate display name
I Graceful shutdown includes WM_ACTIVATE message to better
support wxWidgets apps
I Built against latest internal tool versions
F Domain browsing sometimes didn't fill in AD domain name
F Dialog Response Builder didn't save when no Title
or Content specified
F Could close GUI whilst waiting on user response
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* 1.9.2199 build here (v1.9 GA) April 2006
I Manual updates / corrections
I Scheduled start and end dates now sequential
F DLLs included for NT4 functionality
F Popup blocking could not be disabled once enabled
F Pre/Post service executable browsing chopped characters
F Starting/stopping named interactive services eventually
exhausted desktop ACE quota
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* 1.9.2196 build here (v1.9 GA) March 2006
F XML attribute not accepted via CLI
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* 1.9.2195 build here (v1.9 GA) March 2006
I Updated readme.txt, license.txt
I Additional graceful shutdown events
I Manual updates / corrections
F Stderr in Stdout checked with no file name blocked output
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* 1.9.2192 build here (v1.9 GA) January 2006
F GUI services would not stop
F Multiple empty dialog responses could be entered
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* 1.9.2190 build here (v1.9 GA) January 2006
N Updated warning.txt, readme.txt, license.txt
N New logos
N New button on Evaluation dialog
N Process IDs included in debug logs
I Pre/Post executables run at same priority as main process
I Default for Ignore Control flags is now Both
I Minor text changes on Pre/Post tab
I Append logs now clears debug, stdout and stderr logs
I Account search for logon
I Complete overhaul of Pre/Post execution (see manual)
I Support for NT Authority\NetworkService and LocalService
I Add/Remove Programs textual updates
I Manual updates
F OEM --configure didn't create Control registry key
F Double clicking responses in Dialogs tab didn't work
F Dialogs tab Frequency allowed out of bounds values
F Debug logging caused failure on WinNT/2K (VS05 bug)
F Post services never ran if main process was hung/crashed
F Couldn't import XML if executable didn't exist
F Removed null/orphaned empty Pre/Post definitions when
upgrading from v1.6
F Post service events no longer killed at logoff
F Possible to create services with punctuation via XML
F Tool tips not present on Pre/Post tab
F Reloading XML causes multiple Pre/Post definitions
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* 0.0.0.X, 1.5-1.8 June 1999-December 2005
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