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How to reopen an app automatically when it closes or crashes
Use KeyRoutines' App quit trigger for the app, wait with Delay, check App is running so you don't start a second copy, then Open app to start it again. Show banner tells you it was restarted.
Steps
- 1
Watch the app
Add the App quit trigger and pick the app.
- 2
Wait a moment
Add a Delay of 10 seconds; many apps restart themselves after an update.
- 3
Check it's really gone
Add an If with App is running and a Stop routine step inside it, in case it's already back.
- 4
Start it again
Add Open app for the same app, then Show banner "Restarted".
Tips
- The trigger fires when the app quits for any reason, including when you close it yourself. Add a Time and day condition, or turn the routine off with a hotkey, when you want it closed.
Questions
- Can it tell a crash from a normal close?
- Not directly. It sees that the app's process ended. The Delay and App is running check keep it from fighting an app's own restart.
- Can it restart an app that's frozen but still open?
- Restart app restarts a running app (asking it to close, then forcing after a wait). Start it from a hotkey when you see the app hang.