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MutexAcl Class

Definition

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

C#
public static class MutexAcl
Inheritance
MutexAcl

Methods

Create(Boolean, String, Boolean, MutexSecurity)

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

OpenExisting(String, MutexRights)

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

TryOpenExisting(String, MutexRights, Mutex)

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.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10