Squall77
21st August 2003 09:41 UTC

How to detect whether an application is running
I was trying to find ways to detect whether an application (eg outlook.exe) is running. if it is then the installer will prompt message then qill quit..

But look thru everything dun have any ideas on how to continue..

Joost Verburg
21st August 2003 11:25 UTC

Use FindWindow or if it's your own application, use a mutex (see FAQ).

Squall77
25th August 2003 05:09 UTC

I try to use FindWindow but I do not know what should i find for.. for example Internet Explorer we can use IEFrame.. how about if I am searching for Outlook ?? mind to advice on that..

Squall77
25th August 2003 07:16 UTC

I have found the way .. thanks for the advice though..

iceman_k
25th August 2003 14:52 UTC

Why don't you share it with everyone- or better yet, add it to the archive?