1.Remove StartUri="MainWindow.xaml" in App.xaml;
2.In the App.xaml.cs,overrive as below
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Configuration; using System.Data; using System.Linq; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows; using Microsoft.Win32; namespace WpfApp65 { /// <summary> /// Interaction logic for App.xaml /// </summary> public partial class App : Application { //lpWindowName,title name FindWindow(null,"WindowsTitleName"); [DllImport("user32", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName); [DllImport("user32")] static extern IntPtr SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd); [DllImport("user32")] static extern bool IsIconic(IntPtr hWnd); [DllImport("user32")] static extern bool OpenIcon(IntPtr hWnd); protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) { bool isApplicationRunning = false; System.Threading.Mutex mutex = new System.Threading.Mutex (true, System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName, out isApplicationRunning); if(!isApplicationRunning) { MessageBox.Show("The app is running!", "Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error); ActivateCurrentWindow(); //The Shutdown() is indispensable else it will generate similar process every click Shutdown(); return; } else { MainWindow win = new MainWindow(Guid.NewGuid().ToString()); win.Show(); } } protected override void OnActivated(EventArgs e) { base.OnActivated(e); } private static void ActivateCurrentWindow() { //The second parameter is Windows Title var other = FindWindow(null, "Single Instance"); if (other!=IntPtr.Zero) { SetForegroundWindow(other); if(IsIconic(other)) { OpenIcon(other); } } } } }
3.Update the mainwindow as below, pass the guid value to validate whether it is the same instance.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Data; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Windows.Input; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Imaging; using System.Windows.Navigation; using System.Windows.Shapes; namespace WpfApp65 { /// <summary> /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml /// </summary> public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow(string str) { InitializeComponent(); tb.Text = str; } } }
The key part
System.Threading.Mutex mutex = new System.Threading.Mutex (true, System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName, out isApplicationRunning);
//lpWindowName,title name FindWindow(null,"WindowsTitleName"); [DllImport("user32", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);