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Questions tagged [multiple-instances]

Running more than one copy of the same program at a time.

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Want two instances (Windows) of Notepad++

I am not a programmer, just a user who finds Notepad++ very useful. I want to open Notepad++ twice for separate projects. Each would open with different shortcut (icons). I've read about opening separate instances of Notepad++ using -multiInst…
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Using Vim/Gvim with multiple GUI windows

Is it possible to have 2 or more (G)vim windows for the same session, or at least share some buffers. Here, "window" refers to a Gnome(or KDE, or Windows etc.) window, not a VIM window. I use two monitors with xinerama and want to open two separate…
Atilla Filiz
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Logical vs. Physical CPU performance

A computer has 2 physical cores, and 4 logical cores (For example, a computer with an i5-3210M processor). When a program A runs, htop shows that it uses 100% of 1 core, and other 3 cores are nearly idle. The throughput in this case is X. My…
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Run Multiple Instances of Windows Media Player

I want to use WMP to listen to music, but at the same time I'm sorting out some videos etc that I want to quickly preview in WMP. Is it possible to open another 'instance' of WMP without cutting off my music? More details: Using Windows 7 and WMP 12
Eddie Groves
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Firefox: Using multiple instances with different profiles?

Let's say, Firefox's instance is running with profile 1. Is it now possible, to start a new Firefox instance with profile 2? Normally, when Firefox is already running, no new instance is created. Instead, just a new browser window is opened. Note:…
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How can I use a proxy in a single Chrome profile?

I am running multiple Google Chrome instances simultaneously, each with a different profile (using --user-data-dir=MyProfileFolder). I would like one of Chrome instances (profiles) use a proxy, and the other connect directly as usual. The problem…
David B
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Run multiple instance of any windows application

Suppose some author has enforced his Windows application to be single instance. Is there any way to make multiple instance of this application (aside from running inside a virtual machine or requesting the author to rewrite the app)? If there is a…
Jus12
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How to remotely open a URL in Firefox in a specific profile?

I have several instances of Firefox with several different profiles running. Among them profiles with the names "software" and "test". I am trying to open an URL from a bash script to have it open in profile "test", like this: firefox -P "test"…
ria
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How to use multiple SkyDrive accounts on one computer?

Is there any way how to use multiple SkyDrive accounts on one computer running MAC OS X or Windows 8? I would like to sync data from different accounts to different folder and not to merge these accounts to one. The reason is that every SkyDrive has…
user1563721
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How to remember positions within multiple files in Media Player Classic?

I tend to have many instances of Media Player Classic (Best Player in my opinion) open because I switch from one video to another, then pause and go back to it later (as in, hours or days). Is there a known application that "remembers" my last…
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Viber chat run multiple instances

I have two mobile phone numbers so that I want to have two instances of Viber desktop application on the same PC running Windows 7. I want to chat with my friends from two viber account at the same time. How can I do that?
Nam G VU
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Git branch for instances of a website?

I'm working in a couple of websites, both websites needs almost the same code except for some changes in images and css, or settings. I'm just finished to read the chapter of branchs of Pro Git book and i'm a bit confused, if a branch is not the…
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Is it possible to run multiple instance of skype?

At the moment when run, I can only open one instance of skype. Is it possible to do so with 2 instances?
Nam G VU
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Open several windows of the same file in Textmate?

do you know how can one in Textmate open several windows for the same file? So I can at the same time look and compare different parts of the same file.
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How to prevent stacking of windows in the Windows 7 taskbar?

Is there a way to get Windows 7 to show two separate icons in the taskbar when I have two instances of the app running instead of having them stacked on top of each other? Windows XP had similar behavior, but the TweakUI tool allowed to specify…
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