我喜欢一个解决方案，以允许多个实例，如果exe是从其他路径调用。我修改了CharithJ溶液方法一:

   static class Program {
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 nCmdShow);
    [DllImport("User32.dll")]
    public static extern Int32 SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Process currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
        foreach (var process in Process.GetProcesses()) {
            try {
                if ((process.Id != currentProcess.Id) && 
                    (process.ProcessName == currentProcess.ProcessName) &&
                    (process.MainModule.FileName == currentProcess.MainModule.FileName)) {
                    ShowWindow(process.MainWindowHandle, 5); // const int SW_SHOW = 5; //Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. 
                    SetForegroundWindow(process.MainWindowHandle);
                    return;
                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                //ignore Exception "Access denied "
            }
        }

        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
}

下面是我使用的一个轻量级解决方案，它允许应用程序将一个已经存在的窗口带到前台，而无需求助于自定义窗口消息或盲目地搜索进程名。

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);

static readonly string guid = "<Application Guid>";

static void Main()
{
    Mutex mutex = null;
    if (!CreateMutex(out mutex))
        return;

    // Application startup code.

    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(guid, null, EnvironmentVariableTarget.User);
}

static bool CreateMutex(out Mutex mutex)
{
    bool createdNew = false;
    mutex = new Mutex(false, guid, out createdNew);

    if (createdNew)
    {
        Process process = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
        string value = process.Id.ToString();

        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(guid, value, EnvironmentVariableTarget.User);
    }
    else
    {
        string value = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(guid, EnvironmentVariableTarget.User);
        Process process = null;
        int processId = -1;

        if (int.TryParse(value, out processId))
            process = Process.GetProcessById(processId);

        if (process == null || !SetForegroundWindow(process.MainWindowHandle))
            MessageBox.Show("Unable to start application. An instance of this application is already running.");
    }

    return createdNew;
}

编辑:你也可以静态地存储和初始化互斥量和createdNew，但是一旦你完成了它，你需要显式地释放/释放互斥量。就我个人而言，我更喜欢将互斥锁保持在本地，因为即使应用程序在未到达Main结束时就关闭，它也会被自动销毁。

我最喜欢的解决方案来自MVP丹尼尔·沃恩: 强制执行单实例Wpf应用程序

它使用MemoryMappedFile将命令行参数发送给第一个实例:

/// <summary>
/// This class allows restricting the number of executables in execution, to one.
/// </summary>
public sealed class SingletonApplicationEnforcer
{
    readonly Action<IEnumerable<string>> processArgsFunc;
    readonly string applicationId;
    Thread thread;
    string argDelimiter = "_;;_";

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the string that is used to join 
    /// the string array of arguments in memory.
    /// </summary>
    /// <value>The arg delimeter.</value>
    public string ArgDelimeter
    {
        get
        {
            return argDelimiter;
        }
        set
        {
            argDelimiter = value;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SingletonApplicationEnforcer"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="processArgsFunc">A handler for processing command line args 
    /// when they are received from another application instance.</param>
    /// <param name="applicationId">The application id used 
    /// for naming the <seealso cref="EventWaitHandle"/>.</param>
    public SingletonApplicationEnforcer(Action<IEnumerable<string>> processArgsFunc, 
        string applicationId = "DisciplesRock")
    {
        if (processArgsFunc == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("processArgsFunc");
        }
        this.processArgsFunc = processArgsFunc;
        this.applicationId = applicationId;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Determines if this application instance is not the singleton instance.
    /// If this application is not the singleton, then it should exit.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if the application should shutdown, 
    /// otherwise <c>false</c>.</returns>
    public bool ShouldApplicationExit()
    {
        bool createdNew;
        string argsWaitHandleName = "ArgsWaitHandle_" + applicationId;
        string memoryFileName = "ArgFile_" + applicationId;

        EventWaitHandle argsWaitHandle = new EventWaitHandle(
            false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, argsWaitHandleName, out createdNew);

        GC.KeepAlive(argsWaitHandle);

        if (createdNew)
        {
            /* This is the main, or singleton application. 
                * A thread is created to service the MemoryMappedFile. 
                * We repeatedly examine this file each time the argsWaitHandle 
                * is Set by a non-singleton application instance. */
            thread = new Thread(() =>
                {
                    try
                    {
                        using (MemoryMappedFile file = MemoryMappedFile.CreateOrOpen(memoryFileName, 10000))
                        {
                            while (true)
                            {
                                argsWaitHandle.WaitOne();
                                using (MemoryMappedViewStream stream = file.CreateViewStream())
                                {
                                    var reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
                                    string args;
                                    try
                                    {
                                        args = reader.ReadString();
                                    }
                                    catch (Exception ex)
                                    {
                                        Debug.WriteLine("Unable to retrieve string. " + ex);
                                        continue;
                                    }
                                    string[] argsSplit = args.Split(new string[] { argDelimiter }, 
                                                                    StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                                    processArgsFunc(argsSplit);
                                }

                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Debug.WriteLine("Unable to monitor memory file. " + ex);
                    }
                });

            thread.IsBackground = true;
            thread.Start();
        }
        else
        {
            /* Non singleton application instance. 
                * Should exit, after passing command line args to singleton process, 
                * via the MemoryMappedFile. */
            using (MemoryMappedFile mmf = MemoryMappedFile.OpenExisting(memoryFileName))
            {
                using (MemoryMappedViewStream stream = mmf.CreateViewStream())
                {
                    var writer = new BinaryWriter(stream);
                    string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
                    string joined = string.Join(argDelimiter, args);
                    writer.Write(joined);
                }
            }
            argsWaitHandle.Set();
        }

        return !createdNew;
    }
}

这是我的两分钱

 static class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            bool createdNew;
            using (new Mutex(true, "MyApp", out createdNew))
            {
                if (createdNew) {
                    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
                    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
                    var mainClass = new SynGesturesLogic();
                    Application.ApplicationExit += mainClass.tray_exit;
                    Application.Run();
                }
                else
                {
                    var current = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
                    foreach (var process in Process.GetProcessesByName(current.ProcessName).Where(process => process.Id != current.Id))
                    {
                        NativeMethods.SetForegroundWindow(process.MainWindowHandle);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

请检查这里提出的解决方案，它使用信号量来确定现有实例是否已经在运行，适用于WPF应用程序，并且可以通过使用TcpListener和TcpClient将参数从第二个实例传递给第一个已经运行的实例:

它不仅适用于。net Framework，也适用于。net Core。

下面是一个示例，它允许您拥有应用程序的单个实例。当加载任何新实例时，它们将参数传递给正在运行的主实例。

public partial class App : Application
{
    private static Mutex SingleMutex;
    public static uint MessageId;

    private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
    {
        IntPtr Result;
        IntPtr SendOk;
        Win32.COPYDATASTRUCT CopyData;
        string[] Args;
        IntPtr CopyDataMem;
        bool AllowMultipleInstances = false;

        Args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();

        // TODO: Replace {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} with your application's GUID
        MessageId   = Win32.RegisterWindowMessage("{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}");
        SingleMutex = new Mutex(false, "AppName");

        if ((AllowMultipleInstances) || (!AllowMultipleInstances && SingleMutex.WaitOne(1, true)))
        {
            new Main();
        }
        else if (Args.Length > 1)
        {
            foreach (Process Proc in Process.GetProcesses())
            {
                SendOk = Win32.SendMessageTimeout(Proc.MainWindowHandle, MessageId, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero,
                    Win32.SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_BLOCK | Win32.SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,
                    2000, out Result);

                if (SendOk == IntPtr.Zero)
                    continue;
                if ((uint)Result != MessageId)
                    continue;

                CopyDataMem = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Win32.COPYDATASTRUCT)));

                CopyData.dwData = IntPtr.Zero;
                CopyData.cbData = Args[1].Length*2;
                CopyData.lpData = Marshal.StringToHGlobalUni(Args[1]);

                Marshal.StructureToPtr(CopyData, CopyDataMem, false);

                Win32.SendMessageTimeout(Proc.MainWindowHandle, Win32.WM_COPYDATA, IntPtr.Zero, CopyDataMem,
                    Win32.SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_BLOCK | Win32.SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,
                    5000, out Result);

                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(CopyData.lpData);
                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(CopyDataMem);
            }

            Shutdown(0);
        }
    }
}

public partial class Main : Window
{
    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        HwndSource Source;

        Source = HwndSource.FromHwnd(new WindowInteropHelper(this).Handle);
        Source.AddHook(new HwndSourceHook(Window_Proc));
    }

    private IntPtr Window_Proc(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, ref bool Handled)
    {
        Win32.COPYDATASTRUCT CopyData;
        string Path;

        if (Msg == Win32.WM_COPYDATA)
        {
            CopyData = (Win32.COPYDATASTRUCT)Marshal.PtrToStructure(lParam, typeof(Win32.COPYDATASTRUCT));
            Path = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(CopyData.lpData, CopyData.cbData / 2);

            if (WindowState == WindowState.Minimized)
            {
                // Restore window from tray
            }

            // Do whatever we want with information

            Activate();
            Focus();
        }

        if (Msg == App.MessageId)
        {
            Handled = true;
            return new IntPtr(App.MessageId);
        }

        return IntPtr.Zero;
    }
}

public class Win32
{
    public const uint WM_COPYDATA = 0x004A;

    public struct COPYDATASTRUCT
    {
        public IntPtr dwData;
        public int    cbData;
        public IntPtr lpData;
    }

    [Flags]
    public enum SendMessageTimeoutFlags : uint
    {
        SMTO_NORMAL             = 0x0000,
        SMTO_BLOCK              = 0x0001,
        SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG        = 0x0002,
        SMTO_NOTIMEOUTIFNOTHUNG = 0x0008
    }

    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError=true, CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
    public static extern uint RegisterWindowMessage(string lpString);
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(
        IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam,
        SendMessageTimeoutFlags fuFlags, uint uTimeout, out IntPtr lpdwResult);
}