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How can I prevent multiple instances of a C# windows forms application.
VB.NET provides My.Application. StartupNextInst ance Event to do this. Is there
any C# equivalent as well?

Thanks

Dec 9 '06 #1
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Process.GetProc essByName(); search for the name of your application in the
currently running processes. If it's there, you are already running, then
exit current instance of the app.

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How can I prevent multiple instances of a C# windows forms application.
VB.NET provides My.Application. StartupNextInst ance Event to do this. Is
there
any C# equivalent as well?

Thanks

Jan 1 '07 #2

Lou Jackson schrieb:
Process.GetProc essByName(); search for the name of your application in the
currently running processes. If it's there, you are already running, then
exit current instance of the app.

"Job Lot" <Jo****@discuss ions.microsoft. comwrote in message
news:AE******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
How can I prevent multiple instances of a C# windows forms application.
VB.NET provides My.Application. StartupNextInst ance Event to do this. Is
there
any C# equivalent as well?

Thanks
Well this COULD work. Since you can name your application as you like
for example notepad
you will get some strange behavior. A better solution is to use a
mutex. A mutex is accessable from different applications and the ctor
of a mutex provides an out parameter that tells you whether the mutex
was newly created (then you should start up your application) or not.

Jan 2 '07 #3

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