You tested it, right? So you know the method works. It works by opening a
new instance during each trip to the Start menu.

The other method, is to go to Tools menu Options General tab, and check
"Ignore Other Applications". Every time you double click an Excel workbook
in Windows Explorer, the workbook will open in a new instance. For this
reason I wouldn't recommend this technique, because you will have lost
control over when you get a new instance and over how many instances you
will have.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Dermot" wrote in message
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I am running Windows XP Pro

I have a two monitor installation arrangement configured to be independant
screens to which I can drag window to one or the other.

I can open two separate instances of Excel 2003 Via Start | Run | and
entering "excel" for each instance of excel I would want to compare.

I have googled to find out if this is the correct and only way to run two
instances of an application but the results are vague.

Question 1
Can anyone advise me how the method above works?

Question 2
What other methods can be used to achieve two instances of an application
running.