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Implementing Application.Restart

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Here's how to create a procedure that will restart the application:

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uses ShellApi;

procedure AppRestart;
var AppName : PChar;
begin
  AppName := PChar(Application.ExeName) ;
  ShellExecute(Handle,'open', AppName, nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
  Application.Terminate;
end;

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