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How can I launch single instanced applications multiple times on the same machine without VMWare?

I have a game in which I want to test how many players are able to join a multiplayer game - the problem is that my VMWare machines return "Graphics Hardware not supported on this platform" when I try ...
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How can I start multiple applications and instances using a Windows Scheduled Task?

I have three main applications. I am trying to start them automatically at log on in a specific order with a given delay. Here is an example of how I'd like everything to be: User logs in. Wait ...
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Single source worksheet, and multiple pivot tables using filtered data

How does one manage to create a workbook, where one worksheet is the master source data, but multiple pivot tables need to be created with the same set of "row labels" and "summed values", but ...
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Can I install multiple Windows instance on the same computer?

I've finished building a new PC which will be used for development. As I have a full-time project for one major client and multiple small (hobby) projects for different small clients I want to ...
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Want 2 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 ...
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Does Cygwin support multithreading when starting multiple backgrounded commands?

Let's say I have a bash script like the following: prog list1.txt & prog list2.txt & prog list3.txt & wait will the "prog" instances be launched in a multithreaded environment (like, 1 ...
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Creating multiple persistant sessions of Firefox available on multiple machines

Is it possible to have multiple machines running Firefox (possibly connected by sync) that can resume certain stored sessions of browsing tabs, that can be created/update on one machine, then simply ...
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Is it possible to run multiple instances of Bamboo Paper?

I already googled it but found nothing how to run multiple instances of Bamboo Paper. Has anyone an idea how to accomplish this?
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Running multiple instances of Microsoft SkyDrive

I have desperately been trying to run multiple instances of the Windows Desktop SkyDrive Sync App on Windows 8. I have several Microsoft accounts and through creating Symbolic links have been able to ...
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Run different Firefox profiles concurrently?

Purpose Because of my somewhat excessive use of tabs—which often contain PDFs'—I use 64-bit builds of Firefox. It has now gotten to a point where I want to use different profiles; one for my research ...
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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?
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How to display multiple workbooks

I have MS Office 2008 on my Mac and work with Excel extensively. I dearly miss the Windows taskbar that enables me to display all my Excel files that are open at the same time, and to write formulae ...
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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 ...
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how to remotely open an 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Highlighting duplicate column-pair and counting the rows Excel

Given the data below, the column-pair with the same values for at least 4 consecutive rows should be highlighted. Here's an image for better visualization: 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 1 2 ...
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Run Yahoo Messenger in multiple instances

We can do this with previous version of Yahoo Messenger (here is how-to). But with the latest version, same method cannot be applied. Any ideas?
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Launch multiple copies of a program pinned to Windows 7 taskbar [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Launch App multiple times from a Pinned Shortcut Using Taskbar buttons set as Never combine and the Classic skin (if that matters), how do I launch multiple copies of a ...
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How to Set a Running Instance of Firefox as the “Default Browser”

Salvete! In Firefox we can create multiple profiles and have multiple instances of Firefox running, each with its own addons and customizations. So I have two profiles - one for browsing and one for ...
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Portable IRC multi-computer usage with same user

I use an IRC client both at home and at work. I would like both computers to use the same user (for IDENT purposes and avoiding multiple nicks etc) Typically, the home computer is always-on, and is ...
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How To run Multiple Versions of the Same Program on Windows 7

Well the question is simple, but before that I made a little search on the net and I tried the one on the link ...
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How to open a pdf or a djvu on an specific instance of a document viewer?

I want using any free Linux document viewer that does both pdf and djvu (Okular, Evince, etc.) to do the following: magic_command('document-viewer','./11.pdf','instance1') ...
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Is it possible to run multiple instances/windows of Finder in Mac OS X?

Mac OS X's Finder seems to be the equivalent to Windows Explorer. In Windows, I enjoy having multiple instances of Explorer open to move/copy files from one folder in a window, to another folder in ...
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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 ...
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Stop open office calc from entering in all pages at once

I must have click something by mistake. Now when I enter info in a single cell in one page, it ends up in the same cell in all of the other pages. How can I undo this please? Thanks very much. ...
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dual monitor PC into dual station PC [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can two users simultaneously share one pc I have a Intel Core i3 laptop, a set of extra monitor, mouse and keyboard, and what I want is to be able to support two ...
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Multiple Instances Of Applications in Parental Controls - Allowed Apps List After Snow Upgrade

After upgrading several systems from Leopard to Snow Leopard there are now multiple instances of several applications listed in the System Preferences > Parental Controls > Allowed Apps The ...
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Remove all except one file and directory at path

I need to remove all the files in a directory except for one file and one folder. Up to the grep I can output the correct list of items I want to remove but when i add xags, nothing is deleted. this ...
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Open Multiple instances of the same file in Word 2007

Is there any way to open multiple instances of the same file in Word 2007? Currently, if I open a second instance of the file, the focus shifts to the file which is already open. The "split" ...
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Is there a way to make an app that splits the desktop screen?

Is there a way that I can split screen the desktop so I can run one program in one side and another on the other side? I want to be able to run 2 games at the same time and play them both without ...
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Can I install two versions (1.4 and 1.6) of svnserve and configure it to run simultaneously on a single host?

We are looking to deploy two instances of subversion server to service two separate groups: one running subversion 1.4 and another subversion 1.6. I don't have much experience in ...
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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 ...
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Force an application to be single instance?

Is there a way I can force an application on Windows to be a single-instance application, i.e., not launch if another instance of the same application is already running? Ideally, I want to be able to ...
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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 ...
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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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Ubuntu 10.10: 2nd instance of Firefox does not obey GTK2 customizations

On Ubuntu 10.10 I started a 2nd instance of Firefox using the command: $ firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote & Created a new profile and everything works smoothly except for the fact that this ...
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Two instances of google talk on startup

I started two instances of gtalk. Each of them uses different gmail account. Used /nomutex parameter in target path. At the moment after reboot only one instance is loaded. How can I start two ...
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When clicking an irc:// link, a new instance of chatzilla opens instead of the existing one being used

That is my problem in a nutshell. I'm running Win7 32-bit. I have chatzilla on XulRunner, so not as the Firefox add-on. When I clock any irc:// link, a new instance of Chatzilla will be started. I ...
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Windows Live Messenger 2011 multiple instances

I have been able to open multiple intances of Windows Live Messenger with this registry change taken from here: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ...
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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 ...
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Open Multiple Instances of Outlook 2007 Simultaneously with Google Apps Sync

Is there a way to do this? I have several accounts all using Outlook 2007 and all using Google Apps Sync. But in order to access each mailbox I have to shut down Outlook and then open it again and ...
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New IE 8 instances/tabs won't load website

I'm having issues with IE8. Most of the time I can only have one active window. If I open a new window or another tab with the "new" button (either window or tab), the status gets stuck at "waiting ...
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How to scrub a document of all text between brackets with find and replace

I have a log file and I need to find all instances of <password> hash here </password> and remove the hash and replace it with some dummy text like aaa-aaa-aaa-aaaa. The recurring search ...
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Why no multiple instances of Firefox on Linux as on Windows?

On Windows If I run Firefox as user jack, and then try to start another instance of firefox I will be unable to, as one is already running. If I choose to run firefox as administrator, then I can ...
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How can I make Firefox use addons for multiple profiles?

I created a new profile on firefox for testing reasons. I notice no addons except Skype is on it. How do i set up addons to work across profiles? I have about 10 and I'd rather not download them ...
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Opening multiple instances of a MS access file?

is there a way to simultaneously 2 or more instances of the same MS access file on one computer? I need to do diff things on the same database. Thanks a lot. Tam.