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Desktop app-shell plumbing for single-window native applications: a named-pipe single-instance gate that hands a later launch's file to the already-running process, scoped by whatever identity the app chooses (whole-app, or one instance per open folder), plus the Windows foreground-activation handshake that lets the running window actually come to the front.

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Sep 6, 2026
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.NET CLI
dotnet add package SharpAstro.AppShell --version 1.1.81+ecd14fc25b97c3ae0474593e5f7cd79ab5af3a4b
Package Manager Console
Install-Package SharpAstro.AppShell -Version 1.1.81+ecd14fc25b97c3ae0474593e5f7cd79ab5af3a4b
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="SharpAstro.AppShell" Version="1.1.81+ecd14fc25b97c3ae0474593e5f7cd79ab5af3a4b" />

Frameworks

net10.0

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