Mutex names - best practice?

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Published on 2009-01-21T06:33:46Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 5:03 UTC
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Related to this question, what is the best practice for naming a mutex? I realize this may vary with OS and even with version (esp for Windows), so please specify platform in answering. My interest is in Win XP and Vista.

EDIT: I am motivated by curiousity, because in Rob Kennedy's comment under his (excellent) Answer to the above-linked Question, he implied that the choice of mutex name is non-trivial and should be the subject of a separate question.

EDIT2: The referenced question's goal was to ensure only a single instance of an app is running.

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