Running exe

[Guest]

Hey guys,

i have a problem
how do i check if the exe is running already before running it again, in other words how do i look for it in the task manager, the exe name is SampleTester.exe

NEED THE CODE ASAP PLEAS
THANX IN ADVANCE

 

[Cor]

Hi Will,

Have a look at this,

Single instance mostly C# code
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/reaworapps1.asp

German VB net
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/application/>
-> "Nur eine Instanz der Anwendung zulassen"

I hope this helps a little bit?

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

how do i check if the exe is running already before running it again,
in other words how do i look for it in the task manager, the exe name is
SampleTester.exe?

<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/application/>
-> "Nur eine Instanz der Anwendung zulassen"

Ignore the text and have a look at the source!

 

[Cor]

Hi Will,

I get now a message from Tom and Herfried,.

This is the very simple solution from this.
\\\
Private mut As New Threading.Mutex(True, "myProg", mutCreated)
)
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
If Not mutCreated Then Me.Close()
///
But remember that when you use this, and there can be a complete other
program with the same name as yours, that program can also not start.

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I tried the code Herfried but it didnt work .. do you have anymore examples ?

Which code did you use where?