[AccessD] Opening an Access application multiple times

 >I usually just open another instance of Access and then..

Yea.  These are end users so... batch file it is.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 2/3/2011 2:13 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote:
> Don't know why but I see the same thing happening. I usually just open another instance of Access and then have it open the second instance of the MDB file via the File menu.
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> Lambert
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> I am trying to open an access application more than once - two instances open at the same time.
> When I double click the FE (in explorer) it opens.  When I go back to explorer and double click it again, it just switches me back to the open instance.  Shouldn't it open the application a second time?
>
> When, from a batch file, I so something like "SomePath\Access.exe" SomeAccessFe.mdb it in fact opens the application a second time.
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> I can live with having to open it from a batch file but I am just wondering why this is happening.
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