Create a single instance of your application

To allow only once instance of an application, use mutex ^[1] found in the System.Threading.Mutex namespace

 static class Program
  {
    // Create a static instance of a mutex with a name
    // I've used a GUID in this instance
    static Mutex mutex = new Mutex(true, "{07446D41-8B13-4771-B3F4-5594FA510F57}");

    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
      // Blocks the current thread until the current instance receives a signal,
      // using a TimeSpan to specify the time interval and specifying whether to exit the synchronization domain before the wait.
      if (mutex.WaitOne(TimeSpan.Zero, true))
      {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new Cupofdev());

        // Releases the Mutex once.
        mutex.ReleaseMutex();
      }
      else
      {
        MessageBox.Show("Multiple instances of this application is not allowed");
      }
    }
  }

References
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.mutex

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