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Auto Sense & Restart a program...& HELP

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by asiedentopf

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I have about 6 public workstations (Win95) with policies set very high. The computers autologon to an NT domain, thanks to TweakUI. They start the ONE program I need to run for public access.

My problem is that the public keeps clicking the X orotherwise exiting the program. Then the next person to come along has to ask one of the clerical staff to fire up the program again.

QUESTION: Is there something out there that will monitor if a program has been exited and restart it for me automatically.

Since were talking policies: I have these computers locked down real tight...except one thing, the HELP icon on the START menu. How do I get rid of that???

Thanks a lot...Andre'

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by donalda-m

Without knowing what program you are running it is hard to give the best answer, but here's a thought: If the program generates temporary files that are present only when the program is active (and they are reliably cleaned up upon "clicking the x")then write a small routine that checks for the presence of of those files and starts the program if the files are not present. This can even be accomplished with a batch file, but there are more elegant ways to achieve it. This is off-the-cuff, so Iwill let you know if I come up with anything easier.

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