Checking if the application is running in NSIS before uninstalling.

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Published on 2010-04-02T05:58:37Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 6:03 UTC
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I am new to NSIS, and I need to know that in the uninstaller, how I can check if the application (which is in C++) is running and close it before uninstalling.

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