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tmighty
tmighty

Reputation: 11399

Is there no built-in solution for creating mutexes?

In Inno Setup, there is the AppMutex directive.

Using this directive, one can make Inno Setup stop / not start while this mutex exists.

I experience it sometimes that my users accidentally open my application while the setup (and update in this case) is still running. This locks files, and Inno Setup can not replace them.

The solution in my opinion would be that Inno Setup creates a mutex and automatically closes it when it's finished.

When the user starts my app, the app would check if the mutex (which was created by Inno Setup) exists, and if it does, my app would close right away.

However, I do not find this as a built-in option in Inno Setup.

Do I have to code it manually, or am I missing something?

Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 58

Answers (1)

Martin Prikryl
Martin Prikryl

Reputation: 202474

That's what SetupMutex directive does.

Or you can do it programmatically using CreateMutex function.

Upvotes: 1

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