I just realised it's not hanging - it's thrown an interprocess exception.
I have revised my code to capture and report on that. I will let you know what it says. David From: David C. Partridge <david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk> Sent: 13 November 2023 14:16 To: 'boost-users@lists.boost.org' <boost-users@lists.boost.org> Subject: Problem with named_mutex on Windows I have a user reporting that the following code in my application's main() hangs unless he uses "Run as Adminstrator": ZTRACE_RUNTIME("Checking Mutex"); bip::named_mutex dssMutex{ bip::open_or_create, "DeepSkyStacker.Mutex.UniqueID.12354687" }; bip::scoped_lock<bip::named_mutex> lk(dssMutex, bip::defer_lock); const bool firstInstance{ lk.try_lock() }; ZTRACE_RUNTIME(" firstInstance: %s", firstInstance ? "true" : "false"); The trace shows "Checking mutex" and then it all stops. Is my code in error and if so what do I need to change? If not, how can I determine what the problem is? On a related issue: I think that this is C++ Exception safe, as the mutex will be unlocked and deleted. However, if a C exception occurs then how should I clean up? Is the named_mutex persistent over reboots? If so, where is it held (in case I need to do a manual cleanup). Many thanks David
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