diff -r 66b5fe3c07fd -r e6f74eb7f69f homescreenapp/hsapplicationlauncher/src/hsapplicationlauncher.cpp
--- a/homescreenapp/hsapplicationlauncher/src/hsapplicationlauncher.cpp	Wed Oct 06 16:06:24 2010 +0300
+++ b/homescreenapp/hsapplicationlauncher/src/hsapplicationlauncher.cpp	Mon Oct 18 10:20:15 2010 +0300
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 // ========================= DECLARATIONS ==================================
 _LIT( KHsExeName, "hsapplication.exe" );
 _LIT( KHsProcessName, "hsapplication.exe" );
+_LIT( KHsProcessFindString, "#hsapplication[20022f35]*" );
 const TInt KSleepOnRetry = 250000; // 250ms
 const TUid KPSCategoryUid = TUid::Uid( 0x20022F36 );
 const TInt KPSCrashCountKey = 1;
@@ -380,8 +381,16 @@
     // Create app or connect to existing.
     TInt processExisted = EFalse;
     
+    TFindProcess processFinder( KHsProcessFindString );
+    TFullName fullName;
+    // check that hsapplication is not running (in case launcher was killed)    
+    while( processFinder.Next( fullName ) == KErrNone )
+        {
+        return;
+        }
+    
     RProcess process;
-    TInt processError = process.Create( KHsExeName, KNullDesC );    
+    TInt processError = process.Create( KHsExeName, KNullDesC );
     if( processError == KErrAlreadyExists )
         {        
         processError = process.Open( KHsProcessName, EOwnerProcess );