[Process
Watcher / VNC Service Watcher] - A general purpose on-exit process
restarting tool
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[Screenshots]
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Author: 2006 © by Kerem Gümrükcü
Email:
netextremecoder@arcor.de
License: GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Description:
The ProcessWatcher is a (simple) general purpose application restarting tool,
that can restart a predefined application when it closes (from User), crashes or
terminates for whatever Reason. It comes with a Configuration file and the
full
source code. See Configuration file for more Options and Description.
The VNC Service Watcher is a VNC Service restring tool and self describing.
Both applications are Open-Source and licensed under GNU/GPL.
Usage:
Start the ProcessWatcher.exe and select a application you want to monitor. Then
set a valid
checking interval for the process between 1 and 60 seconds and push the start button.
Process
Watcher will now check the applications state with the given interval and restart
it, whenever it
closes. See Configuration file for more Information.
Just start the VNC Service Watcher for monitoring the VNC Service.
See Configuration file for more details.
Features:
- Can monitor a started Process
and restart it
when the Process fails or stops
- Can accept command line parameters
- Can stop a application at a predefined
time
- Has Configuration File that can
costumize
the User Interface (Button, Window-Title)
- Can run/exit without User Intervention
- All Settings for UI can be stored
in Configuration
File for next Startup
- Written in Visual Basic 6 and
therefore easy
to modify and/or extend
- Executable is less than 100KB
- Is Open-Source and
licensed under GPL
Screenshots:
Requirements:
Windows 2000 or higher
Visual Basic Runtime (default
available on most Systems)
Windows Scripting Host, Scripting Runtime (default available on most Systems)
[DOWNLOADS]
[Download (with Sourcecode in VB6 .zip)]
Version
1.0 (Beta)
Click here: ProcessWatcher-src.zip
[Download (only Executable .zip)]
Version
1.0 (Beta)
Click here: ProcessWatcher.zip