const {app} = require('electron') const net = require('net') const socketPath = process.platform === 'win32' ? '\\\\.\\pipe\\electron-app-relaunch' : '/tmp/electron-app-relaunch' process.on('uncaughtException', () => { app.exit(1) }) app.once('ready', () => { let lastArg = process.argv[process.argv.length - 1] const client = net.connect(socketPath) client.once('connect', () => { client.end(String(lastArg === '--second')) }) client.once('end', () => { app.exit(0) }) if (lastArg !== '--second') { app.relaunch({args: process.argv.slice(1).concat('--second')}) } })