Allowing multiple runs

[jay]

I have a program that uses a suite of cds to hold data - I
have copied the contents of a few of these cds onto one of
my hard drives and managed to find the lines in the
relevent .ini files to direct the program to the new files.

I would now like to run multiple instances of the program
at one time - Is there a "typical" method used in Windows
(2kPro) to stop multiple instances that I could
investigate? eg a flag in registry? Are there any dangers
I should be aware of?

thank you, jay

 

[Dave Patrick]

AFAIK it's not something the operating system controls. Ask the application
developer.

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:
|I have a program that uses a suite of cds to hold data - I
| have copied the contents of a few of these cds onto one of
| my hard drives and managed to find the lines in the
| relevent .ini files to direct the program to the new files.
|
| I would now like to run multiple instances of the program
| at one time - Is there a "typical" method used in Windows
| (2kPro) to stop multiple instances that I could
| investigate? eg a flag in registry? Are there any dangers
| I should be aware of?
|
| thank you, jay

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dave - it was worth a try