Re: How to avoid multiple instances of a program in NT and 95?

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From: Firas El-Hasan
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:00

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	Why not just use FindWindow(ClassName, WindowTitle)?
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Firas El-Hasan
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Mark Henning <mahe0003@stud.uni-sb.de> wrote in article
<Pine.SGI.3.95.970204134313.16218D-100000@sbustd.stud.uni-sb.de>...
> On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Richard Baldwin wrote:
> 
> > In article <01bc11ec$dfe21120$b8bfabc7@pongo>, Mickey Williams
> > <mickeyw@deltanet.com> writes
> > >Create a mutex when your program starts up.  GetLastError will return
> > >ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS if the mutex name is already created.
> > Does this method work under Win32s?
> 
> I tried it : It don't work. It's impossible to start the first instance
> because the program's message is : "There's already one instance active."
> 
> - Mark
> 
>

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From: "Firas El-Hasan" <FirasE@msn.com>
Subject: Re: How to avoid multiple instances of a program in NT and 95?
Date: 1997/02/10
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