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How quickly do you notice that it has stopped? Can you start it using a scheduled task?
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How would a scheduled task know to run the task when the program has stopped?
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Your scheduled task could be to run a batch file which first of all checks to see if the executable is already running, and if not, starts it...<br />
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/162291/how-to-check-if-a-process-is-running-via-a-batch-script" rel="ugc">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/162291/how-to-check-if-a-process-is-running-via-a-batch-script</a><br />
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Set the task to run as often as you want / need
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Without reading everything on the link, what part can I copy and paste as a batch file that will start the executable if it sees it is not started?
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I got it to work. &nbsp;How would I set a schedule to run the task every hour? &nbsp;Do I need to create a task for each hour?
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No - in the scheduled task trigger, you can specify that the task repeats every 1 hours
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Worked perfectly. &nbsp;Thanks!
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I have an executable program that stops every once in awhile. &nbsp;Then I have to double click it to start again. &nbsp;Is there a way to auto restart this program? &nbsp;It is on a windows 2012 server. &nbsp;It does not have a service to start it.
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I have an executable program that stops every once in awhile.  Then I have to double click it to start again.  Is there a way to auto restart this program?  It is on a windows 2012 server.  It does not have a service to start it.

How quickly do you notice that it has stopped? Can you start it using a scheduled task?

How would a scheduled task know to run the task when the program has stopped?

Your scheduled task could be to run a batch file which first of all checks to see if the executable is already running, and if not, starts it...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/162291/how-to-check-if-a-process-is-running-via-a-batch-script

Set the task to run as often as you want / need

Without reading everything on the link, what part can I copy and paste as a batch file that will start the executable if it sees it is not started?

I got it to work.  How would I set a schedule to run the task every hour?  Do I need to create a task for each hour?

No - in the scheduled task trigger, you can specify that the task repeats every 1 hours

auto restart

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.