Possible to restart AE within a script?

Is it possible to restart AE from a script rather than simply quit it? I couldn't find any restart() method, so I thought something like this might work (at least for OSX):
APP_EXECUTABLE = new File(Folder.appPackage.parent);
app.quit();
APP_EXECUTABLE.execute();
Any pointers?
Thanks,
Laz

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Hi, check this
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/ebfc706d-93be-4ca0-83e0-33d9e072fb97/powershell-script-monitor-with-encrypted-password?forum=operationsmanagerauthoring
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otherwise your email indicator (for example) will only pop up for one second every 5 minutes.
^ exactly what's currently happening.
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Message was edited by: Sushma Anuprava

Hi i have same problem as u mentioned as below.
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