diff --git a/native/WinRestarter/CMakeLists.txt b/native/WinRestarter/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+project(WinRestarter)
+
+if (NOT WIN32)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Windows only.")
+endif ()
+
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")
+
+add_executable(restarter restarter.c)
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diff --git a/native/WinRestarter/build.cmd b/native/WinRestarter/build.cmd
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+@ECHO OFF
+
+SET BUILD_DIR=build32
+SET CMAKE=%CMAKE_PATH%\bin\cmake
+
+IF EXIST "%BUILD_DIR%" RMDIR /S /Q "%BUILD_DIR%"
+MKDIR "%BUILD_DIR%" & CD "%BUILD_DIR%"
+
+"%CMAKE%" -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -T v120_xp -A win32 ..
+IF ERRORLEVEL 1 EXIT 1
+
+"%CMAKE%" --build . --config Release
+IF ERRORLEVEL 1 EXIT 2
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diff --git a/native/WinRestarter/restarter.c b/native/WinRestarter/restarter.c
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index 000000000000..3cd35585d74e
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+++ b/native/WinRestarter/restarter.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+
+#define PROVIDER_NAME L"JB-Restarter"
+#define ERR_OPEN_PROCESS (0xE0000000 + 1)
+#define ERR_COMMAND_TOO_LONG (0xE0000000 + 2)
+#define ERR_CREATE_PROCESS (0xE0000000 + 3)
+#define ERR_GET_EXIT_CODE (0xE0000000 + 4)
+#define WARN_COMMAND_FAILED (0x80000000 + 11)
+
+#define COMMAND_SIZE 32768
+#define MESSAGE_SIZE (COMMAND_SIZE + 1024)
+
+static HANDLE event_log = NULL;
+static void log_event(unsigned int event_id, const char *format, ...);
+
+static void wait_for_parent(const wchar_t *pid_arg);
+static void run_command(int cmd_argc, wchar_t *argv[], BOOL last);
+
+
+int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *argv[]) {
+  if (argc < 3) {
+    printf("usage: %ls <pid> (n_args args ...)+\n", argv[0]);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  event_log = RegisterEventSourceW(NULL, PROVIDER_NAME);
+
+  wait_for_parent(argv[1]);
+
+  int arg_index = 2;
+  while (arg_index < argc - 1) {
+    int cmd_argc = (int)wcstol(argv[arg_index++], NULL, 10);
+    if (cmd_argc > 0) {
+      wchar_t **cmd_argv = argv + arg_index;
+      arg_index += cmd_argc;
+      run_command(cmd_argc, cmd_argv, arg_index >= argc - 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (event_log != NULL) {
+    DeregisterEventSource(event_log);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+static void wait_for_parent(const wchar_t *pid_arg) {
+  int pid = (int)wcstol(pid_arg, NULL, 10);
+  HANDLE parent = OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE, FALSE, pid);
+  if (parent == NULL) {
+    log_event(ERR_OPEN_PROCESS, "OpenProcess(%d): %d", pid, (int)GetLastError());
+    return;
+  }
+  WaitForSingleObject(parent, INFINITE);
+  CloseHandle(parent);
+}
+
+
+static void run_command(int cmd_argc, wchar_t *cmd_argv[], BOOL last) {
+  wchar_t cmd_line[COMMAND_SIZE], *p = cmd_line;
+  for (int i = 0; i < cmd_argc; i++) {
+    wchar_t *arg = cmd_argv[i];
+    int arg_len = wcslen(arg);
+    BOOL space = wcschr(arg, L' ') != NULL;
+    if (space) *p++ = L'"';
+    if (wcscpy_s(p, COMMAND_SIZE - (p - cmd_line), arg) != 0) {
+      *p = L'\0';
+      log_event(ERR_COMMAND_TOO_LONG, "[%ls %ls ...]", cmd_line, arg);
+      return;
+    } else {
+      p += arg_len;
+    }
+    if (space) *p++ = L'"';
+    *p++ = i < cmd_argc - 1 ? L' ' : L'\0';
+  }
+
+  STARTUPINFOW si = {0};
+  PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};
+  if (!CreateProcessW(NULL, cmd_line, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi)) {
+    log_event(ERR_CREATE_PROCESS, "CreateProcess(%ls): %d", cmd_line, (int)GetLastError());
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!last) {
+    WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
+
+    DWORD ec;
+    if (!GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &ec)) {
+      log_event(ERR_GET_EXIT_CODE, "GetExitCode: %d", (int)GetLastError());
+    } else if (ec != 0) {
+      log_event(WARN_COMMAND_FAILED, "[%ls]: %d", cmd_line, (int)ec);
+    }
+
+    CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+    CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+  }
+}
+
+
+static void log_event(unsigned int event_id, const char *format, ...) {
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, format);
+  if (event_log != NULL) {
+    int severity = event_id >> 30;
+    WORD type = severity == 3 ? EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE : severity == 2 ? EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE : EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE;
+    char message[MESSAGE_SIZE];
+    int n = vsnprintf(message, MESSAGE_SIZE, format, ap);
+    ReportEventW(event_log, type, 0, event_id, NULL, 0, n, NULL, message);
+  }
+  va_end(ap);
+}
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