How to handle actvie and non-active processes in C#

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I am running an exe(SBM Mail.exe which is C# windows apps). But at the same time before Form Load event i want to check whether SBM Mail.exe is been already running or not. If running and it is active means it should not allow another process of same name(i.e.,SBM Mail.exe).

Also i want to check currently running active processes.

Kindly please help me to solve this.

Posted 24-Apr-13 20:22pm

PRAKASH_N

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-04-24T21:00:00

You can get a process using GetProcessByName[^]. But I am pretty sure that it is not wise to handle such tasks on form level. Because you will probably have many concurrent users of your application it is more likely that you need to handle this on application level. It is an other design issue that you use on server side a regular application as background worker, and not a service - and the problem is not that you use it, the problem is how you need to handle it.

Bernhard Hiller · Answer 2 · 2013-04-24T21:04:00

Why did you tag your question "ASP.NET"? That's confusing.
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName returns a list of processes with a given name.
But your question might also allow for a different interpretation: i.e. the "Form Load" event you mention happens in that "SMB Mail.exe". In that case, the ApplicationFramework is your friend: it makes sure that only one instance is running at a time; and it can forward command line parameters from a later call to the executable to the already running process.

psychic6000 · Answer 3 · 2013-04-25T04:08:00

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In visual studio, just make it as a single instance application in project properties. you dont have to check for any other instance being running at all...

Posted 25-Apr-13 4:08am

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