Dermot

In the StartRun dialog the commands you type will remain in the dialog box like
autocomplete.

If you clear your History stuff from Internet Explorer you will lose those
entries.


Gord


On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:09:02 -0800, Dermot
wrote:

Hi Gord,

I am not sure I understand, please clarify...what history are you refering
to and .............what do you mean by...."Entry will stick for selecting?

Thanks

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Nothing wrong with that.

Extra keystrokes but if you don't clear your history the "excel.exe" entry
will stick for selectiing.


Gord

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:25:00 -0800, Dermot
wrote:

Thanks Gord

I'll stick to Start | Run.

Dermot

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Jon's caveat about having multiple instances running is a good one.

Every time you open a new file from outside one of the instances, a new instance
will start.

i.e. With Excel closed go to Windows Explorer and start double-clicking excel
files to see what happens.

You may also notice that a double-click will open an instance of Excel but no
workbook opens.


Gord

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:54:00 -0800, Dermot
wrote:

Thanks for the explantion Gord,

To Quote Jon in the previous posting........

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.

He wouldn't recomment this method......

What would your thoughts be on this?

Thanks in advance

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

1.. From StartRun you are actually opening two seperate programs by running
the excecutable file Excel.exe twice.

2. Go to ToolsOptionsGeneral and checkmark "Ignore other applications"
When you double-click any *.xls you will get a new instance.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:20:01 -0800, Dermot
wrote:

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.