From 6827b127acca7d5d99bd4ac23075dcbd080a2b10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Belt <andrewpbelt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:57:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent multiple Rack instances on Windows

---
 src/main.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a5562176..cd8a5ddf 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include "osdialog.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifdef ARCH_WIN
+	#include <Windows.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace rack;
 
@@ -44,6 +47,17 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		patchFile = argv[optind];
 	}
 
+#ifdef ARCH_WIN
+	// Windows global mutex to prevent multiple instances
+	// Handle will be closed by Windows when the process ends
+	HANDLE instanceMutex = CreateMutex(NULL, true, gApplicationName.c_str());
+	if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
+		osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_ERROR, OSDIALOG_OK, "Rack is already running. Multiple Rack instances are not supported.");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	(void) instanceMutex;
+#endif
+
 	// Initialize environment
 	randomInit();
 	assetInit(devMode);