Configure a warning when starting an application on Windows

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Published on 2011-07-31T22:19:24Z Indexed on 2013/10/18 22:02 UTC
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I have some software that's licensed to be used on one computer at a time. It connects to a service and retrieves data from that service. If I start the application on a second computer then the first computer's data connection is terminated.

There are times when I'll be running the software on Computer1 and it's doing some vital work with its data collection etc. and I'll forget that it's running there and start it on Computer2 causing Computer1's data connection to terminate etc.

What I want to do is configure a warning on Computer2 so that each time I start this application it pops up a dialog box and says "Hey, this software might be running on another computer, are you sure you want to start it here?"

I'm using Windows 7 on Computer2. Is there anyway for me to accomplish this task?

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