A program like ReStartMe monitors select processes on the system to ensure that they are running. It is in this regard similar to Restart on Crash and The Restarter.

You need to install the program before you can use it, but installation should not pose any difficulties. The program requires elevated rights on start up.

It displays a list of all processes that it monitors in the interface. The list is empty on the first program start obviously. A click on the Add a process button opens a selection menu where a running process or a local executable can be selected. The application is then added to the list of watched processes.

ReStartMe will restart the process on the system if it should close down for any reason. You find options at the bottom of the program window that allow you to remember processes for the next startup. If you do not select the option the process list will be empty once you exit and start the application again.

Processes that are not already started can be ignored, watched or started in this case. Additional options include starting the program with Windows, minimizing it on start up to the system tray or locking it with a password to protect it from tampering.

ReStartMe is a handy program for Windows users who want to make sure that one or multiple processes or programs are running all the time on the operating system. Windows users can download the software from the official developer website. The program is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the operating system.

The software Application Monitor can come in handy for users who run servers of any kind on their computer or who like to download files when they are sleeping or not near the computer. Nothing’s worse than to wake up to realize that the application that controlled the download crashed ten minutes after going to bed.

Application Monitor will monitor applications added by the user in selected intervals. If the software program notices that an application is not running anymore – because of a crash, program termination or other reasons – it will restart it automatically.

All that needs to be done to monitor a new application is to enter a name and point the Application Monitor to the application’s path. It is possible to add arguments that will be executed when the program starts and to change the interval from 2 minutes to a different one.

The system administrator can be notified by email regularly and all events will be logged on the system’s hard drive by default.

Application Monitor is a portable software that requires the Microsoft .net Framework 1.1 to run.

Update: Application Monitor has not been updated in a long time. The program is still listed on the developer website though. A test under Windows 7 confirmed however that it is running fine under the new operating system. The project seems to have been abandoned though.