Running two .NET apps at the same time

[Guest]

I need to launch a process from my application. Using the example at

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/doc/waitforsingleobject.aspx

works fine for native applications, however if I try to launch another .NET
application from mine it won't start until mine terminates. As soon as it
does, the new application begins execution.

Is this a known limitation? Is there anything I can do?

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

On what sort of device? Pocket PC says that you should not be able to run
two instances of the same application and therefore pops the existing
instance to the front, when you try to do that. The .NET CF helps it with
this requirement, whereas standard native applications don't...

Paul T.