How can I force a process to never start more than once (only one instance) ?

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Armando:
Havent tried this Armando but it also sounds like what you looking for
Skrommel's SingleInstance

Allow only one instance of a program to run.

Features:
- User defined programs.
- Option to detect hidden programs.
- Won't close instances started before SingleInstance.
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-tomos (September 27, 2009, 10:44 AM)
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AH! this is exactly what I wanted. Thanks a lot Tomos ! :-*
-Armando (September 27, 2009, 08:36 PM)
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Hmmmm... It works well, but uses a certain amount of CPU power which I'm not sure I'm willing to let go for such a small app.

lanux128:
Hmmmm... It works well, but uses a certain amount of CPU power which I'm not sure I'm willing to let go for such a small app.
-Armando (September 28, 2009, 01:37 AM)
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how much CPU usage? if possible, get the non-compiled ahk as well and compare the cpu usage.

Armando:
Hmmmm... It works well, but uses a certain amount of CPU power which I'm not sure I'm willing to let go for such a small app.
-Armando (September 28, 2009, 01:37 AM)
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how much CPU usage? if possible, get the non-compiled ahk as well and compare the cpu usage.
-lanux128 (September 28, 2009, 03:01 AM)
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Thanks Lanux.
Not much, hovering between 2 and 4%, but still... My computer isn't that powerful, so any app that continuously take CPU resources is considered unfavourably... Unless it's a absolutely essential.
I'll try your suggestion. Thanks !

majoMO:
uses a certain amount of CPU power which I'm not sure I'm willing to let go for such a small app.
-Armando (September 28, 2009, 01:37 AM)
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Same here. Too CPU usage and an uneeded and wasted background CPU usage.

I'm using Activate. It does the work to me.

Armando:
Yes... I might do some further testing with SingleInstance, but activate seems to work... until then.

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