NSIS: Detecting in uninstaller is a program working

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3871996

  •  28-09-2019
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Question

Is it possible to determine in uninstaller script is a program (that should be uninstalled) working?

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Solution

If you want to detect if your program is still running, you can use your knowledge of the programs internals to detect either a special window class or a mutex used by the program.

If you don't have anything other than exe name to go on, use one of the nsis plugins:

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