How can I tell if an executable is already running?

I'm writing a rather large LabWindows/CVI program, and occasionally will triple-click on the desktop icon, starting two copies of it. Is there some way to tell if a program is already running, so that the second copy can shut itself off?
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Look at CheckForDuplicateAppInstance () command: the help page shows also a short programming example.
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Just throwing it out there, I know I'm a year.5 late on this but if it's a psuedo-modal dialog or some other window that you only want a single instance visible at one time, you can check the FP.State property on the strictly typed vi reference. If it's loaded and visible to the user it will be "Standard", if it was closed or not opened prior then the state will be "Closed".
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