In case you close the "Magic Utilities" application window, it is only hidden. There is still an application icon in the Windows system-tray area. The "Magic Utilities" application needs to run the background to provide the license and some gesture or key mappings.

Exit and Restart commands are also available in the Windows system-tray icon right-click menus.

Exit application

To really terminate the "Magic Utilities" application, from the menu select Exit > Exit application.

Restart application

Even it shouldn't happen, there are sometimes hiccups where the "Magic Utilities" application may not detect a Magic device correctly or a setting isn't applied. It's often best to restart the "Magic Utilities" application. From the menu select Exit > Restart application.


To make the next two options visible please select from the menu View > Advanced config options.

Restart application on wake-up

In case there are issues on computer wake-up from sleep or hibernation, you can automate the application restart by selecting Exit > Restart application on wake up. An check icon indicates that this setting is active. Note: This is an individual setting for each "Magic Utilities" application.

Restart application on exception

In very rare cases, the "Magic Utilities" application may crash. By selecting Exit > Restart application on exception the application automatically restarts. A check icon indicates that this setting is active. Note: This is an individual setting for each "Magic Utilities" application.

Be careful with this setting as it may cause a permanent restart loop if the app crashes on application start. In this extremely rare case, you can disable this setting in the Windows Registry Editor. Set Computer \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ MagicUtilities\ Magic[device-type]\ App\ asRestartApplicationOnException to 0.

Restart all applications

This menu entry is only available if multiple "Magic Utilities" applications are running side by side.

To conveniently restart all running "Magic Utilities" applications, from the menu select Exit > Restart all applications.