Relaunching applications

With Application Wizard you can force applications to quit and automatically relaunch them.

Task
Action

Relaunch an application

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose the application.

Relaunch all applications except the active application

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose "Force Quit & Relaunch Others".

Relaunch all applications

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose "Force Quit & Relaunch All".

Relaunch all applications in a group

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose "Force Quit All & Relaunch All" from the group's submenu.

Relaunch an excluded application

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose the application from the Excluded Applications submenu.

Relaunch all excluded applications

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose "Force Quit & Relaunch Excluded".

Relaunch a background-only application

Display the Quit menu, hold the Control key, and choose the application from the Background-only Applications submenu.

Warning: By forcing an application to quit, you lose any changes to documents open in the application.


Related topics

Using the Quit menu
Customizing the Quit menu
Keeping applications always running