jwreels1.5524930849707898E12 asked a question.
Is there a way to detect whether or not an application is running at the start of the install? If it is, cancel the install?
I would be try to detect an application that I am not installing with the installer.
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Common practices seem to be to use Is(FILE_LOCKED, ...) in an InstallScript custom action if you know where the executable is; or to use FindWindow to find a window handle for the application if it has a unique window class name. Beyond that, some use Windows APIs or WMI or the like to loop over the process list to find a particular process...