Prevent application from quitting

Does anyone know a program that can disapple the "quit" option in programs??
I need it because i run one of my macs as an iTunes "server", and running on a miniMac i also have an n-wifi application running, that i will prevent from accidential quitting...
Does this make any sense??
Message was edited by: Beeker2Beeker

motech29 wrote:
would that slow down the mac if something was constantly checking to see if app was running ?
It may be possible to write the application in a way that would constantly "poll" the system to see if iTunes was running, but that's a very bad idea. An application like that would waste cycles like you're thinking.
However, Apple provides ways to accomplish the same thing without constant polling and with minimal impact on performance. Instead of polling, you simply tell the system you're interested in receiving a notification any time an application quits, at which point you see if it's iTunes. If it isn't, you just ignore it, and if it is, you force iTunes to launch again. So, nothing happens until applications quit.
I wrote a little app to do just that. http://homepage.mac.com/mdouma46/images/KeepiTunesRunning.zip (~ 60 KB). It runs as a background application (so there's no icon in the Dock). You'll want to add it to your login items and when it's launched, it'll make sure iTunes is running. Then, if iTunes were to quit, it would automatically re-launch it. If you choose to Logout, Shutdown, or Restart, Keep iTunes Running will stop caring whether iTunes is running and allow the logout, shutdown, or restart to happen properly.
[EDIT] added an AppleScript that you can use to quit Keep iTunes Running if it's running.
Hope this helps....
Message was edited by: MarkDouma®

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