ProcessMonitor

Generally speaking, certain processes that are related to the operating system or perhaps, security or network applications you use regularly should always be running. Unfortunately, since some of them work in the background, it may be difficult for you to keep track of whether a process is no longer running and you need to restart it.

ProcessMonitor is a lightweight piece of software that can bring a solution to this problem, namely keeping track of various processes and automatically restart them if they terminate for various reasons.

The app does not require installation or configuration and you can use it as soon as you decompress the archive. The interface is similar to the Windows console, but it is quite intuitive and straightforward, so you are unlikely to have any troubles.

Functionality-wise, the utility entails you specify the processes that you want to monitor and what to launch if and when it closes for various reasons. It is worth mentioning that the app allows you to launch the new process with parameters, an option that can come in handy for apps you know you are experiencing a certain error. Other settings include specifying the interval that the app should verify of the process is running or terminated.

The program can be particularly useful for computers where you run gaming servers, web servers, databases or mail servers, for instance. Since it is impossible to stay in front of the computer to check such tools crash or hang, having a tool that monitors them and re-starts them whenever they close can save you a lot of frustration in the long run.

In the eventuality that you need to make sure specific processes are continuously running on your machine and you do not want to waste time with checking for this all the time, then perhaps ProcessMonitor could be worth a try.