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Hello there,
What is the best way in c# to prevent multiple instances of my application
running at same time on one machine?

thanks
Brian
Nov 16 '05 #1
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<"=?Utf-8?B?QnJpYW4gS2V hdGluZyBFSTlGWE I=?=" <csharp at
briankeating.ne t>> wrote:
What is the best way in c# to prevent multiple instances of my application
running at same time on one machine?


See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/f...ation.instance

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Nov 16 '05 #2
Ok same as i do in c++,
tnx a million Jon

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:
<"=?Utf-8?B?QnJpYW4gS2V hdGluZyBFSTlGWE I=?=" <csharp at
briankeating.ne t>> wrote:
What is the best way in c# to prevent multiple instances of my application
running at same time on one machine?


See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/f...ation.instance

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