How to Run Only One Instance of Application

/* I have found the necessary editing to be done. Added some extra code and edits that are needed. The present one is working perfectly for me. Thank you, Kirill V. Lyadvinsky and Remy Lebeau for the help!!

*/

bool CheckOneInstance()
{

    HANDLE  m_hStartEvent = CreateEventW( NULL, FALSE, FALSE, L"Global\\CSAPP" );

    if(m_hStartEvent == NULL)
    {
    CloseHandle( m_hStartEvent ); 
        return false;
    }


    if ( GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS ) {

        CloseHandle( m_hStartEvent ); 
        m_hStartEvent = NULL;
        // already exist
        // send message from here to existing copy of the application
        return false;
    }
    // the only instance, start in a usual way
    return true;
}

/* The above code works even when one tries to open up second instance FROM A DIFFERENT LOGIN LEAVING THE FIRST LOGIN OPEN with ITS INSTANCE RUNNING. */

When your application initializes, create a mutex. If it already exists, find the existing application and bring it to the foreground. If the application has a fixed title for its main window, it is easy to find with FindWindow.

m_singleInstanceMutex = CreateMutex(NULL, TRUE, L"Some unique string for your app");
if (m_singleInstanceMutex == NULL || GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
    HWND existingApp = FindWindow(0, L"Your app's window title");
    if (existingApp) SetForegroundWindow(existingApp);
    return FALSE; // Exit the app. For MFC, return false from InitInstance.
}

You may used named mutex.

Code sample from the article:

WINAPI WinMain(
  HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
{
  try {
    // Try to open the mutex.
    HANDLE hMutex = OpenMutex(
      MUTEX_ALL_ACCESS, 0, "MyApp1.0");

    if (!hMutex)
      // Mutex doesn’t exist. This is
      // the first instance so create
      // the mutex.
      hMutex = 
        CreateMutex(0, 0, "MyApp1.0");
    else
      // The mutex exists so this is the
      // the second instance so return.
      return 0;

    Application->Initialize();
    Application->CreateForm(
      __classid(TForm1), &Form1);
    Application->Run();

    // The app is closing so release
    // the mutex.
    ReleaseMutex(hMutex);
  }
  catch (Exception &exception) {
    Application->
      ShowException(&exception);
  }
  return 0;
}