Notepad++ Multiple Instances
I’ve been a big fan of Notepad++ (Notepad Plus Plus) for some time now, and sometimes it’s useful to open multiple instances of the editor.
In the past I’ve done this by simply right-clicking on the file tab in Notepad++ and selecting one of the ‘new instance” options at the bottom of the list.
However, I’d rather just open a new instance directly as with many other programs, especially if I want to leave the files currently being edited in their current instance. I’ve discovered this can be achieved with a once-only fix to the Notepad++ shortcut.
Go to the shortcut’s properties and add -multiInst at the end of the ‘Target’ field outside the closing double quotation mark (“). Now each time you click the shortcut you will get a fresh instance of Notepad++ to play with…
Thanks to http://theitbros.com/open-new-instance-of-notepad for the permafix.
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