I want to prevent multiple instances of application being launched in java. I know 2 methods for this: locking file locking socket But which is one is more efficient and good to use? Which one...

I have seen at least three distinct methods on StackOverflow for achieving this. Using a MUTEX: Accepted answer to this SO question Using the Microsoft.VisualBasic library's WindowsFormsApp...

I need to have a single instance application (as per this answer), but it needs to be deployed via click once. The problem is that I require that click once doesn't automatically detect an update ...

I have read that DbContext object should be created as InstancePerHttpRequest, not SingleInstance, because of its thread-unsafe nature and it might consume too much resource between requets which m...

I need only one instance of my app in android. If I run my app after installation and go to Home screen, and again run my app (click on app's icon), second instance is opened, I need to open alread...

I've an design issue in implementing different types of launchmode for different activities. I've 5 Activities. VideoList VideoDetail FavoritesList VideoSearch VideoPlayer When the user starts ...

I need to force my Java application to run with a single instance. I found on this link this very nice piece of code that solve the problem using socket instead of using the file system. here the ...

Possible Duplicate: What is the correct way to create a single instance application? How can I check if my application is already open? If my application is already running, I want to...

I'd like only a single instance of my Java Swing application to run at a time. If a second instance is opened, I would like it to pass its arguments to the instance already running. How can I do th...

I have an application that needs to be a single-instance app across all user sessions on a Windows PC. My research thus far has centered around using a mutex to accomplish this, but I am having an ...

I'd like Activities on my application's Activity stack to only have one instance. I have several screens which are ListActivities and I'd like to not go through the pain and suffering of updating t...

I have a windows form application that uses a Shared class to house all of the common objects for the application. The settings class has a collection of objects that do things periodically, and th...