Questions tagged [multiple-instances]
Running more than one copy of the same program at a time.
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Pivot to identify same contract type in multiple cells
Per attached example how can I use pivots to filter by all rows and columns with C01 and C02 contract for a unique client for example
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Optimizing a mono-CPU application in a docker environment (multi-core vs multi-instances)
I have a simple, CPU-bound, mono-CPU application running in a docker container.
Indeed it fully uses a single CPU on the instance when processing work.
As I understand, there are two main approaches ...
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VLC - play multiple videos simutaneously with different start times
Currently I managed to get 3 videos playing at the same time when I save the following to a ".bat" file and run it in Windows, but all of them start at 00:00.
START "VLC media player - ...
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what's a way to run multiple monitor for multiple user from a single pc? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a way to use a single pc with multiple displays that will act as separate instances. Each user will have their keyboard and mouse but they'll all share the same host computer.
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How can I run multiple instances of Adobe Acrobat on different Virtual Desktops on Windows 10, on One Monitor?
https://superuser.com/a/1443271/1770221 - This answer accurately represents my situation; running Adobe Acrobat on Win 10 on an x64 computer.
Just for context, this is what happens in my scenario:
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How to open all instances of same application on Windows 11?
I often have multiple instances of an application(e.g terminal windows) minimized on Windows 11.
What's the best way to open all of them at the same time(via either shortcut or minimum clicks)? Ctrl+...
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Always launch new instance of Word when opening file
I have a Word document. I open it by double-clicking its icon. But if the file is already open in Word, double-clicking again on its icon simply moves the already-open window containing the document ...
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How to start multiple rootless Xorg instances in Linux?
I'm trying to start 2 Xorg instances on different tty's. I'd like to run LXDE on tty1 with normal 1280x800 resolution and minecraft on separate Xorg server on tty2 with 640x400 resolution. That way I ...
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Launch parallel independent firefox instances
I need to open 4 Firefox "independent" sessions/instances in the same computer.
This is to the open the web-based WhatsApp GUI for 4 indepedendent business, with 4 independent phone numbers ...
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Run multiple instances of Photoshop
I have both Photoshop CC and Photoshop CS6 installed on my machine.
Sometimes I have to scan things with CS6 because it's 32bit and rely on some things (twain32 but also other plugins) and have ...
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Can 2 people use Windows 10 at the same time, play with a controller, work with keyboard and mouse
I've got multiple monitors and a strong PC with 2 sets of keyboards and mice and a game controller. What I want to achieve is that I can work while my wife plays a game at the same time. She'd play on ...
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How to force a second instance of a program to open?
I'm using a piece of Windows software (DS Clock) which, by default, doesn't allow a second instance to be opened. When I double click the executable, nothing happens if the software is already open.
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Is there a way to alt-tab without the switcher interface appearing on screen?
Sometimes I like to rapidly alt-tab between two programs in order to verify that something appears identically in both. For example, at the moment I have two P4Merge windows open each displaying on-...
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Cant ssh or ping OpenStack instances from other devices on network
I have done a DevStack installation of OpenStack on a server.
I have added ICMP and SSH rules to the security group. And have made instances on it.
I can ssh and ping these instances from the host ...
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Close multiple processes of an application in powershell
I have an application that when opened sometimes opens several times. The application has one Process and background process but sometimes many can open.
I am trying to write a powershell script that ...
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Run two instances of Linux on one server
I own a secondary PC that I’ve been using as a server, my friend has been using it to host game servers for stuff like “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,” but recently I’ve been trying to use it as a ...
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Multiple PuTTY windows/consoles using one SSH connection
In any major OS, you can open multiple terminal connections. Is this possible using PuTTY?
To be clear, I do not mean opening up a console session and logging into remote equipment. Then starting a ...
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Multiple XAMPP and apache instance running on the same computer at the same time
Is there any possibility to have three versions/instances of XAMPP or Apache running at the same time?
I have a server which mainly includes a release, a release candidate, and a development website. ...
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Should my java application be opening two instances of java.exe?
I noticed while debugging an issue that my application opens two instances of Java.exe at the start. I also noticed my 'main' class (see pic) has two run icons (green triangles) and maybe I somehow ...
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Firefox opens new browser instance instead of using active one
Out of a sudden (it feels like it started with version 67.0), whenever I click a link in a program, Firefox opens a new instance of Firefox instead of just loading the link in a new tab of the already ...
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Notepad++ and XML - Replace and capitalize the first letter of all words in a tag element
I have an XML file with the following structure:
<id>1</id>
<name>alligator and stingray</name>
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<id>99999</id>
<name>dolphin with carp</name>
I ...
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Setting specific attributes for a linux terminal instance
I recently started to use linux for programming because it feels more comforable than programming in windows, but i miss from windows a particular feature.
I would like to have two different terminal ...
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Linux, how to run processes with a different views of the file system
I need to run multiple instances of a process with different configurations. However this process is hard coded to read the configuration from a particular file (needless to say its closed source). ...
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Multiple Firefox windows: only one gets keyboard input
This might be related to Firefox randomly disables keyboard input, Keyboard input is not working in Firefox ALONE and keyboard input only works in the most recently created window.
When Opening ...
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Is there a "Switch User" functionality in Windows that doesn't require switching users?
For Example:
I'm working on 2 massive projects on a PC with limited screen real-estate and resources and would like to easily be able to switch between the 2 projects, without having to close and re-...
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Kill specific instance of process on windows
I could not find help to this specific question, and I wonder if it has a solution. I have multiple instances of a program running on Windows 7. How can I kill a specific window (maybe based on the ...
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Can i open file in TEXTPAD in same tab instead of a separate instance of textpad
Ive recently got this computer & have installed textpad.
Its going Ok, however i have found a few problems.
1) If im looking at FILE1.txt, I decide i want to open FILE2.txt - it opens in ...
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Virtualize Multiple instances
I have this problem, I want open multiple instances of a portable software named hitleap (it is for ubuntu, I am not using wine) in ubuntu.
when I try open after is running the shows me
How could I ...
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Is it possible that multiple users perform remote desktop connection to a single session?
Suppose you have a machine on the cloud running MS Windows Server 2012 R2 as OS on it. You do have a program that can handle multiple sessions running on that machine. But there's a bottleneck that I'...
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How to Setup OpenVPN with 2 instances on the same machine and setup iptables with special rules
I have a server with OpenVPN and 2 instances. one instance for my friends and one instance only for me and my family.
the first instance for my friends of tun0 has the ip 192.168.243.0/24.
the ...
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Running multiple instances of the same program in Windows 10
I have some specialist legacy software which is no longer supported/maintained, which I'd like to get running in two or more instances so that I can work more easily with two windows side by side. The ...
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Excel formula for auto fill a date
I would like to have cells F4-F23 auto fill today's date whenever data is entered into cells E4-E23. I then need to have cells I4-I23 auto fill with today's date whenever data is entered in cells H4-...
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For loop for ports in multiple remote servers in Linux
My program need to run in multiple remote servers with different ports in script, here is an example:
In server 1, need run:
java -jar test.jar 9001 **.**.**.** 9001
java -jar test.jar 9001 **.**.**....
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How to gather multiple remote servers' CPU utilization info?
I need to test program in multiple remote servers, and at the same time need to gather the CPU utilizations information during the process.
Here use one server (10.18.6.0) as the master server
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How to deal with small time difference in multiple remote servers?
I use several remote servers to test a parallel system, the process will take about 0.4s each time. So when I run the program in several servers, the running time range from less than 0 to 1s. The ...
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How to use pssh to run multiple servers with different commands?
I need to test the distributed system with several remote servers, so I use pssh in master server to control others. Here need to run multiple server with different commands, for example
In server ...
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When a copy of firefox is started another copy of firefox starts as well, why?
I am running 50.0 firefox on my windows system. I noticed that when I run a copy of a firefox, it automatically starts another instance of firefox. First instance's memory usage is around 100,000kb ...
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Notepad++ and xml - replacing </ in closing element tag
I have an XML file (1000s of records, simplified here), structure (e.g. say):
<LIST>
<ITEM_0>
<NAME>Item Name</NAME>
</ITEM_0>
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<NAME>Item ...
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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 ...
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How to open second instance of program with a hotkey?
I used to remember how to do this, use some sort of hotkey to open a second instance of a program that doesn't support it, for example windows media player 12. I have tried WIN+Shift+(number) to open ...
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How to (what program) kill a process in Windows that has been inactive for X seconds and is running in multiple instances
I have multiple instances of a programm running and from time to time it stops responding.
I need to check if processes of X have not been responding for >X seconds, and if yes, kill this exact ...
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Multiple conditional color formatting on a cell using IF... IF... ELSE
I've got three columns of Names, gender, DoB. Gender column as either "M" or "F" keyed in. DoB column has the date of birth mentioned as dd-MMM
Color formatting of DoB column needs to fulfill the ...
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spawn new instance of msysgit in the same working directory
I am trying to spawn a new instance of msysgit - the git bash shell for windows. I've noticed that the following command is executed when you start from the Start menu:
"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh....
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Bash script to process files using multiple processes
Most batch file processing Bash scripts could be sped up by spawning multiple processes to utilize all the cores. I want to make a script that will process a bunch of files, dividing the number of ...
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Open multiple Skype instances
I managed to use the /secondary parameter to run multiple Skype instances.
But when no instance is running and I execute it, it opens with latest profile I used. And when I execute it again, it asks ...
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ahk script tweak for 2 instances
I’m trying to create two different hotkeys that launch two independent instances of an application. When the second one is open a “[2]” is added to the title of the Window, which is very useful to me.
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Running multiple Java versions on single Linux machine
My Linux machine with JRE 6 (1.6.0.35) is running a Java application. I am working on SCTP support in JRE 7 (not supported in JRE 6 and not supported on Windows), so I want to test a simple Java ...
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Foxit Reader - Open in new tab instead of new window
Is it possible to open new files in a new tab instead of a new window when "Allow Multiple Instances" is checked in Preferences?
This would behave similarly to 2010 Excel or Word.
That is, you can ...
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Replace multiple strings in multiple files
I think the title speaks for itself. How can I replace multiple strings in multiple files?
For example, I have the following strings:
home.php, blog.php, forums.php, contact.php, etc.
And I want to ...
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Run 2 multiple chrome process instances with different executable filename; not working
I'm using VirtuaWin and it lets you assign different desktops to different processes, and I want to assign 2 different chrome processes to 2 different desktops.
So I tried to copy and rename a chrome....
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