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Easy Way to prevent more than one instance of any application

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Submitted on: 10/13/2006 1:21:09 PM
By: Nhilesh Baua 
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 2 Users
Compatibility: C#
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     This tutorial will help, preventing more then one instance of any application, which contains this code in form_load event.

 
 
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				bool isInstanceExisting= false;
Mutex objMutex = new Mutex true, "Application_Mutex", out isInstanceExisting);
if (!isInstanceExisting)
{
 this.Dispose();
 return;
}


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10/15/2006 5:58:44 PMBenge

Is there any bracket missing here?
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10/19/2006 5:48:06 AMdhanapai

good source
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4/15/2007 4:37:24 AMViet

i think so. it is a good code
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4/15/2007 4:38:11 AMViet

it's a good code

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4/30/2009 3:50:21 PMmostafa goher

Great code.
bracket missing though

bool isInstanceExisting= false;
Mutex objMutex = new Mutex( true, "Application_Mutex", out isInstanceExisting);
if (!isInstanceExisting) { this.Dispose(); return; }
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