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Single Instance Form Application in C#

Main function of window application
 [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            if (SingleInstanceCode.SingleInstanceClass.CheckForOtherApp("{2D484E4F-9080-4D30-B12C-87405DD609AC}"))//Unique key
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Application is already running.", "Information", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
                return;
            }

            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
      }



SingleInstCode Class 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Threading;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace SingleInstanceCode
{
  static public class SingleInstanceClass
  {
    // Add "global\" in front of the EventName, then only one instance is allowed on the
    // whole system, including other users. But the application can not be brought
    // into view, of course.
    private static String SingleAppComEventName = null;
    private static BackgroundWorker singleAppComThread = null;
    private static EventWaitHandle threadComEvent = null;
    private static CleanupCode cleanupCode = null;

    private class CleanupCode
    {
      ~CleanupCode()
      {
        SingleInstanceClass.Cleanup();
      }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Cleanup the sources that were allocated in CheckForOtherApp().
    /// </summary>
    static private void Cleanup()
    {
      // stop the thread.
      if (singleAppComThread != null)
        singleAppComThread.CancelAsync();

      // cloe the event so another instance can start again.
      if (threadComEvent != null)
        threadComEvent.Close();
    }
    /// <summary>
    ///
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="uniqueName"></param>
    /// <returns>True is another instance is already running. False otherwise</returns>
    static public Boolean CheckForOtherApp(String uniqueName)
    {
      SingleAppComEventName = uniqueName;
      try
      {
        // another instance is already running
        threadComEvent = EventWaitHandle.OpenExisting(SingleAppComEventName);
        threadComEvent.Set();  // signal the other instance.
        threadComEvent.Close();
        return true;    // return immediatly.
      }
      catch { /* don't care about errors */     }
      // Create the Event handle
      threadComEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, SingleAppComEventName);
      // make sure the resources are cleaned up afterwards.
      cleanupCode = new CleanupCode();
      CreateInterAppComThread();
   
      return false;
    }
    /// <summary>
    ///
    /// </summary>
    static private void CreateInterAppComThread()
    {
      singleAppComThread = new BackgroundWorker();
      singleAppComThread.WorkerReportsProgress = false;
      singleAppComThread.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
      singleAppComThread.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(singleAppComThread_DoWork);
      singleAppComThread.RunWorkerAsync();
    }
    /// <summary>
    ///
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="sender"></param>
    /// <param name="e"></param>
    static private void singleAppComThread_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
      BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
      WaitHandle[] waitHandles = new WaitHandle[] { threadComEvent };

      while (!worker.CancellationPending)
      {
        // check every second for a signal.
        if (WaitHandle.WaitAny(waitHandles, 1000) == 0)
        {
          // The user tried to start another instance. We can't allow that,
          // so bring the other instance back into view and enable that one.
          // That form is created in another thread, so we need some thread sync magic.
          if (Application.OpenForms.Count > 0)
          {
            Form mainForm = Application.OpenForms[0];
            mainForm.Invoke(new SetFormVisableDelegate(ThreadFormVisable), mainForm);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    // Activate an application window.
    [DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
    public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);

    /// <summary>
    /// When this method is called using a Invoke then this runs in the thread
    /// that created to form, which is nice.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="frm"></param>
    private delegate void SetFormVisableDelegate(Form frm);
    static private void ThreadFormVisable(Form frm)
    {
      if (frm != null)
      {
        // display the form and bring to foreground.
        frm.Visible = true;
        frm.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
        frm.Show();
        SetForegroundWindow(frm.Handle);
      }
    }
  }

}

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