System.Threading.MutexAcl

public static class MutexAcl

Provides a Windows-specific extension method for creating Mutex objects with specific access control list (ACL) security.

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public static Mutex Create(bool initiallyOwned, string name, out bool createdNew, MutexSecurity mutexSecurity)

Gets or creates Mutex instance, allowing a MutexSecurity to be optionally specified to set it during the mutex creation.

public static Mutex OpenExisting(string name, MutexRights rights)

Opens a specified named mutex, if it already exists, and applies the desired access rights.

public static bool TryOpenExisting(string name, MutexRights rights, out Mutex result)

Tries to open a specified named mutex, if it already exists, applies the desired access rights, and returns a value that indicates whether the operation succeeded.