run an application/program forever

If you like to run an application forever and don’t want anyone accidently close that application then you are definitely at a right place. Keep Running allows you to launch a program and ensure it stays running. This could be to restart a crashed application. Alternatively, use Keep Running as a custom shell so an application such as Internet Explorer is the only available program and to automatically re-launch it or restart the machine if closed. Keep Running has been tested on Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
Installation of this software required the under given visual basic run time components.

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 Run-time Components

To run applications under keeprun.exe program you need make some changes in the .ini file. Changes are given as under:
Example: Detect=C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe
If Reboot=Yes then Start= should be set to the same full path of the executable you are Detecting and Launching, otherwise you will find the machine instantly reboots. (unless the program is already started ahead of keeprun.exe)

Download: Keep Running v1.2.0 r04/03/07
1) Extract the contents of the .zip file
2) Modify keeprun.ini as indicated above
3) Run keeprun.exe

Note: Under most circumstances Detect= and Launch= should be set to the same full path of the executable. (unless Launch= declares a batch file or other program which then runs the executable to be Detected)
Do not use quotes around the full path, even if it contains spaces.
For more information please visit the under given readme:

Keeprun Readme

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