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Sometimes, you don't want to make an upgrade or installation if a user has already started a given process, because:
* upgrade could fail, as the files are in use,
* if the installer is "smart", it could kill the running process, without asking the user to save (precious) work,
* some software (like certain browser plugins) won't install if some other software is running (i.e., a browser).