Technical FAQs

Find the answers to your most frequently asked FireDaemon product questions... along with a few Windows questions as well.

wxWidgets Applications and Graceful Shutdown (WM_CLOSE)
If you are writing applications to run as services under FireDaemon utilising the wxWidgets library, you may run into problems when the application is shut...
Thu, 5 Nov, 2020 at 10:20 AM
Windows Event Log Error: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing
FireDaemon software products rely on the Microsoft Windows Visual Studio C++ Redistributable to work properly. When you install FireDaemon software products...
Wed, 4 Jan, 2017 at 5:23 PM
Configuring FireDaemon Services With Ansible 2.3 Or Later
Ansible 2.3 introduces a number of enhancements to the win_service module. If you are using Ansible to automate the installation of FireDaemon Pro services ...
Sun, 8 Nov, 2020 at 9:33 AM
Adjusting the Automatic (Delayed Start) services delay time at system boot
How to adjust the Automatic (Delayed Start) services delay time at system boot To speed up the Windows boot process, Microsoft introduced Automatic (Delaye...
Tue, 7 May, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Configuring Nginx To Securely Reverse Proxy Requests To FireDaemon Fusion
Nginx is a high-performance load balancer, web server and reverse proxy. You can configure Nginx to accept and reverse proxy requests to FireDaemon Fusion. ...
Mon, 21 Jul, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Are administrative rights necessary to run FireDaemon Pro?
The FireDaemon Pro GUI must be run as an administrator to function correctly. On Windows Vista, 2008 or later FireDaemon Pro GUI will need to elevate. If yo...
Tue, 9 Jul, 2019 at 10:24 AM
Where are FireDaemon Pro service passwords stored?
Passwords for FireDaemon Pro Windows services are not stored in the filesystem. When a FireDaemon Pro service is created, the password is passed to the Serv...
Thu, 3 May, 2018 at 11:53 AM
Why Do FireDaemon Pro Launch and and Termination Service Programs Get Terminated Prematurely?
If your FireDaemon Pro Service Launch Event or Termination Event program is being terminated before it has run to completion, the problem is that the execut...
Sun, 22 Aug, 2021 at 7:47 AM
How To Resolve FireDaemon Pro Installation or Upgrade Issues
You might encounter an error like "Installaware Wizard: Setup database not found" while trying to install or upgrade FireDaemon Pro or other FireD...
Fri, 20 Jan, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Quick Shortcuts to Services Control Panel Applet, Event Viewer and Task Manager
If you need to access the Services Control Panel, Event Viewer or Task Manager, there's a way to do it a lot faster. Rather than going through the Run b...
Thu, 3 May, 2018 at 2:26 PM