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Process+App smart management

Application and background process management Actions enables you to create workflows that perform automated app administration tasks.

Advanced App & Process operations

Automation Workshop Freeware Edition features Actions to start, stop, and list Windows applications and background processes. Change CPU affinity by pinning an app to specific CPU cores.

Collect data on running Windows programs or create a list of running applications. The obtained data can be later used in other automated Actions.

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App Actions…

Start App allows you to start an app or background process from automated workflow.

Terminate App by its name or process identifier (PID). If necessary, terminate a process with all its subprocesses.

Tweak App modifies the priority and priority boost for an app. It also adjusts CPU affinity for apps and processes.

App Information retrieves memory usage, CPU time, application priority, and CPU affinity details.

List Apps enables you to process multiple applications and background processes filtered by specific criteria.

Process & App Monitor…

  • Overview · watch running Windows programs for their status changes.
  • Application · choose an app, background process, or file.
  • Conditions · set up the reboot delay, retriggering, and whether to ignore an app location.
  • Options · finetune triggering delays and enable/disable monitoring.
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Recent news
  • March 20, 2024
    Automation Workshop Free Edition v7.6.0 brings new and improved Actions, new remote features, multiple bug fixes. Numerous interface and security improvements.
  • May 26, 2023
    Automation Workshop Free Edition v7.0.0 offers new actions for managing Windows services and applications, enhanced FTP/cloud operations, UI fixes, and improvements in the Variable Wizard and Advanced Fallback handling.
  • May 25, 2023
    Automation Workshop Free Edition v6.5.0 adds 2 new Triggers—Service Monitor and Process & App Monitor. 5 new Actions—Start & Stop Service, Service Maintenance, List Services, Terminate App, and List Apps.
We're very pleased with our choice of Automation Workshop. We've expanded our use and rely on it heavily.—Laurie L.
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