Check Instance Of App

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Imports System.Diagnostics

Private Sub CheckInstanceOfApp()
        Dim appProc() As Process

        Dim strModName, strProcName As String
        strModName = Process.GetCurrentProcess.MainModule.ModuleName
        strProcName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(strModName)


        appProc = Process.GetProcessesByName(strProcName)
        If appProc.Length > 1 Then
            MessageBox.Show("There is an instance of this application running.", "<Application Name>")
            Application.Exit()

        Else
            'MessageBox.Show("There are no other instances running.", "<Application Name>")
        End If
    End Sub
using System.Diagnostics;
private void CheckInstanceOfApp()
        {
            Process[] appProc = null;

            string strModName = null;
            string strProcName = null;
            strModName = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.ModuleName;
            strProcName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(strModName);


            appProc = Process.GetProcessesByName(strProcName);
            if (appProc.Length > 1)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("There is an instance of this application running.", "<Application Name>");
                Application.Exit();

            }
            else
            {
                //MessageBox.Show("There are no other instances running.", "<Application Name>")
            }
        }

Originally Posted on December 14, 2013
Last Updated on October 26, 2015
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