using System.Threading; Mutex mutex = new Mutex(); // Lock the mutex mutex.WaitOne(); // Do some work... // Release the mutex mutex.ReleaseMutex();
using System.Threading; Mutex mutex = new Mutex(); // Try to lock the mutex for 5 seconds if (mutex.WaitOne(5000)) { // Do some work... // Release the mutex mutex.ReleaseMutex(); } else { // Failed to acquire the mutex within 5 seconds }In this example, the "WaitOne" method is called with a timeout of 5 seconds. If the mutex is acquired within this time period, some work is done and the mutex is released. Otherwise, an error message is displayed. These examples are using the "System.Threading" namespace in C#.