Restart on Crash is a freeware portable utility that monitors user-selected applications and will automatically relaunch any that hang or crash.

Restart on Crash is a freeware portable utility that monitors user-selected applications and will automatically relaunch any that hang or crash.

It permits you to add any number of applications for monitoring as well as the ability to enable/disable them individually and edit the command line for use when you restart an application. The fact that it is portable allows you to keep it on a USB drive so that you can utilize it on the go to keep your apps up and running with a minimum of user action.

Restart on Crash is presented from a super-clean and minimalistic interface that doesn't expend many resources while in use. Using Restart on Crash is simple; it monitors an app by permitting you to select a specific EXE file. And it also gives a listing of processes currently running and allows you to pick from the list as an additional way to add a monitoring item. You additionally have the option to direct it to execute a custom command to kill the still running process post-crash and can be configured per item. Restart on Crash also produces a log file that gives a tally of any possible errors. The simplicity with this app makes it an excellent choice for any skill level of the user that experiences periodic app crashes and would prefer the task of relaunching them to be automatic.

Known Issues: If you configure Restart on Crash to automatically kill a hanged application, it will terminate all instances of that application when doing so. This may be fixed eventually.

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