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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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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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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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