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tonydzi/claude-desktop-watchdog

Claude Desktop on Windows will not reopen after an update and you reboot. A dead instance is holding the single-instance lock. This kills only the stale processes, relaunches, and snapshots the failing state so the bug can be reported with artifacts. One PowerShell file, MIT.

What is claude-desktop-watchdog?

claude-desktop-watchdog is a Claude Code agent skill that claude Desktop on Windows will not reopen after an update and you reboot. A dead instance is holding the single-instance lock. This kills only the stale processes, relaunches, and snapshots the failing state so the bug can be reported with artifacts. One PowerShell file, MIT.

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What does claude-desktop-watchdog do?

Claude Desktop on Windows will not reopen after an update and you reboot. A dead instance is holding the single-instance lock. This kills only the stale processes, relaunches, and snapshots the failing state so the bug can be reported with artifacts. One PowerShell file, MIT.

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