Preventing multiple instances of a Windows app - still a problem

Mark Schonewille m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Sun Dec 4 18:30:32 EST 2011


Graham,

What is the execution error exactly?! Please, always include the exact text of an error, whenever you write the word 'error'.

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Op 5 dec. 2011 om 00:24 heeft Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com> het volgende geschreven:

> Finally, Mike gave me this little script in May - I tried to put it in a field and 'do' it as vbscript. Didn't works so then I put it in a text file, read it and tried do as vbscript again. Both times I got an execution error. Maybe it's just too late at night…
> 
> 'sets the environment
> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
> 
> 'grabs the full processlist and puts it in a var
> Set colProcessList = GetObject("Winmgmts:").ExecQuery ("Select * from
> Win32_Process")
> 
> 
> 'loops through each looking for a match
> For Each objProcess in colProcessList
> If objProcess.name = "firefox.exe" then
> 
> 'sets a flag if a match is found
> vFound = True
> End if
> 
> 'next loop of course
> Next
> 
> 'if a match was found, activate the app
> If vFound = True then
> WshShell.AppActivate "firefox"
> Else
> 
> ' otherwise, run the app
> WshShell.Run "firefox.exe"
> End If




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