if exists close one

[narayanjr]

basically i want to run a program

and if the same program is run again then kill the newest one before it does any thing

im sure its really easy but i cant seem to think straight right now and everything i do

as soon as the first one opens it closes it

Thanks

[ReaImDown]

basically i want to run a program

and if the same program is run again then kill the newest one before it does any thing

im sure its really easy but i cant seem to think straight right now and everything i do

as soon as the first one opens it closes it

Thanks

please search, this has been brought up no more than 2 pages ago,

[jefhal]

Try this from the help file:

If ProcessExists("notepad.exe") Then

MsgBox(0, "Example", "Notepad is running.")

...

EndIf

[The Kandie Man]

If the program is an AutoIt script use _Singleton to prevent multiple instances.

- The Kandie Man ;-)

Edited May 30, 2007 by The Kandie Man

[MHz]

This code demonstrates how to catch the 2nd process by the use of PID.

; Instance 1
Run('notepad.exe')
ProcessWait('notepad.exe')
$pid = ProcessExists('notepad.exe')
MsgBox(0, '1', $pid)

; Instance 2
Run('notepad.exe')
Sleep(1000)
$list = ProcessList('notepad.exe')
If Not @error Then
    For $i = 1 To $list[0][0]
        If $list[$i][1] <> $pid Then
            MsgBox(0, '2', $list[$i][1])
            ProcessClose($list[$i][1])
        EndIf
    Next
EndIf

[narayanjr]

jefhal i saw that in help and it doesnt work it just closed the program as soon as it opened

thank you kandi man and mhz for the help