FireDaemon Pro allows you to schedule, configure, install and run your application program executable or script as a Windows Service.

FireDaemon will run any 32-bit or 64-bit applications (EXE or DLL), shortcuts and scripting / interpreted languages including Java, .NET, Perl, Batch (BAT/CMD), Poweshell, Python, Ruby, TCL/TK, PHP as a Windows service for 100% uptime and availability.

Why Install Your Application Program as a Windows Service?

Running your application program executable under FireDaemon is easy and requires no modification to your existing program. Key benefits include:

• Ability to start and run your application in the background without user intervention.
• Ability to start your application before you login.
• Ability to run your application continually across multiple user sessions.
• Run your application either interactively or non-interactively.
• Restarts your application in the event of failure, unintentional or malicious shutdown or at scheduled predetermined intervals.
• Ability to modify your application's priority and bind to specific processors or cores.
• Execute additional transient programs during the service lifecycle.
• Control, log and close popups that your application might display.
• Assists in meeting various government regulations, Acts and standards pertaining to computing systems robustness, security, management, access and control (eg. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ITIL).

Key Features

• Run any application as a Windows service.
• Edit the properties of any built in Windows service.
• Simple service configuration via intuitive GUI, CLI or XML all in one product.
• Simple to integrate into Active Directory and Windows Server Clusters.
• Comprehensive logging and debugging.
• Broad service monitoring and failure recovery options.
• Negligible memory and CPU consumption.
• Subprocess prioritisation and job grouping.
• CPU binding on multi-CPU / multi-core systems.
• Interactive service support and facilitates access access to isolated Session 0 services.
• Scheduling and auto pop-up closing.
• Setup custom environment variables.
• Integrates with standard Service Control Manager Recovery options.
• Ability to theme FireDaemon with your own icons, graphics and text.
• Powerful alternative to freeware tools such as srvany.
• Alternative to the Windows Services applet (services.msc) and integrates with other standard Windows management tools.
• Support for all recent Microsoft 32-bit and 64-bit Operating Systems (XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7).
• Runs on all virtualized Windows operating systems (eg. VMware, Hyper-V, Virtual PC, Parallels, Xen)
• Community oriented fanatical technical support.
• Extensive documentation including FAQs and HOWTOs.