Then add optional arguments and set the checking interval, the default is 2 minutes but it can be any where between 30 seconds and 3 hours in 30 second increments.
It has a couple of useful options built in you don’t find in many other tools of this type, including an option to send an email when errors occur and the ability to use different checking intervals for each application you want the program to monitor.Īdding a process to monitor is easy, click the Add button, give it a name and then browse to the executable file. You can’t launch different programs or set a monitoring interval etc, but simply dropping a file onto the window makes CRP very easy to get working quickly.Īpplication monitor is quite an old utility dating back to 2005, but seems to work perfectly fine on newer operating systems. Once you have configured the program(s) required press the button to start the monitoring engine.
Then click the button to browse for an executable or use the arrow button to select a currently running process, and supply optional command line arguments. An additional option can password protect the main window once it’s been minimized to the tray.Īfter installation, click on Instance Launching in the window and click on Add (or File menu -> Add), or alternatively drop an executable onto the window (not a shortcut). In addition to being able to monitor and relaunch closed processes, CRP can control how many instances of a program can be opened at once and also monitor the memory usage of a program, closing it down if a certain threshold is reached. Here’s a selection of 8 free tools that can keep an application running by automatically starting it up again when it closes or crashes.Ĭontrol Running Programs is a multi functional tool to perform a number of functions on running applications. That way they will keep restarting to continue their tasks or until you stop them manually. This is where a third part tool comes in to help because you can setup your programs that are required to stay running to relaunch automatically if they are closed or crash. What could be even more annoying is having other users or children closing the program down not knowing or caring that it’s supposed to stay running. It can be a source of frustration if the software crashes or hangs just after you leave it unattended because it will then have to stay that way until you come back to rectify the problem. It’s a similar situation if you constantly download via P2P software or download managers because you might want to keep downloading or seeding even while you’re not at the computer. There are some important programs such as a gaming servers, webservers, databases or mail servers that we’d need to keep running at all times but not every piece of software will have a feature of monitoring itself and re-starting whenever it is closed.
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