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soonc
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| How to Start a Second Instance of the CCS IDE |
 Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:08 am |
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How to Start a Second Instance of the CCS IDE.
I know it can be done but forgot how to do that..
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Ttelmah
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:43 am |
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If you have a second copy installed in a separate directory, you can open this.
It is only the PCW, that you actually need duplicated, so you can just have
a duplicate of this. However this potentially has problems because some
of the temporary files etc., may use the same copies as the other instance,
so full duplication is really safer. |
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soonc
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| Thanks |
| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:59 pm |
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| Ttelmah wrote: | If you have a second copy installed in a separate directory, you can open this.
It is only the PCW, that you actually need duplicated, so you can just have
a duplicate of this. However this potentially has problems because some
of the temporary files etc., may use the same copies as the other instance,
so full duplication is really safer. |
Thanks... I know it's possible to open a second instance but I forgot how to do that.
When I did that It allowed me to debug two sets of code. Of course with two ICD-U64 ...
I'll call CCS and ask.
This is a problem when getting old (81+) :-) |
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Ttelmah
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:51 am |
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The only method I have ever seen, was by duplicating PCW. So you copy
PCW.exe, rename this PCW2.exe, and launch this. However I have known
this have fractional issues when doing certain things, which complete
duplication doesn't seem to suffer from.....
The other way you could do it would be by using a Windows 'trick'. You can
launch a program as a different user. Shift right click on it, and select 'run
as a different user'. If you haven't got multiple users on the system, you will
have to create one. |
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soonc
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| Here is the Oficial way |
| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2023 9:17 am |
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| Ttelmah wrote: | The only method I have ever seen, was by duplicating PCW. So you copy
PCW.exe, rename this PCW2.exe, and launch this. However I have known
this have fractional issues when doing certain things, which complete
duplication doesn't seem to suffer from.....
The other way you could do it would be by using a Windows 'trick'. You can
launch a program as a different user. Shift right click on it, and select 'run
as a different user'. If you haven't got multiple users on the system, you will
have to create one. |
OK I called and asked how to start a second instance:
Desktop Shortcut/Properties/ at the end of the Target Line put a Space and then +FORCE_NEW
"C:\Program Files (x86)\PICC\pcw.exe" +FORCE_NEW
The second time you click the shortcut a new instance appears.
When using both with ICD-U64 you need to make the choice of which ICD-U64 is to be used for each instance.
Thanks for the help. |
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Ttelmah
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