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What is the best way to make a single instance application in Compact Framework?

I've seen all the answers for the standard framework

What is the correct way to create a single instance application?
Prevent multiple instances of a given app in .NET?
What is the best way to make a single instance application in .net?

How do I check whether another process with the same name exists using the compact framework?
The 3 parameter constructor is not supported by the CF Process GetProcessByName is not supported by the CF

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Perhaps the steps described on blog: http://www.nesser.org/blog/archives/56 could help (also check the comments).

LP, Dejan

Dejan Stanič  2009-07-20 12:06:01
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OpenNETCF gives you class OpenNETCF.Threading.NamedMutex that let's you create system-wide named mutex.

http://www.opennetcf.com/library/sdf/html/40db385b-e21b-7c38-6f22-7a7954a30aa2.htm

empi  2009-07-20 12:09:53

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