Multiple instances of Excel

[Dariourzua]

Hi

I'm running Windows 10 and Excel 2002 (don't ask why).

I like to be able to open multiple instances. At the moment, if I check the "Tools/Options/General/Ignore other applications" box I get separate instances when clicking on successive file icons (which is what I want), but the workbooks themselves don't open. I can only open them by going through File/Open. If I uncheck the box, the worksbooks open as normal, but all in the same instance.

I used to set up separate instance by adding ' /e "%1" ' to the file association.

Last week, I had a hard drive failure. With the new drive and replacement version of Windows, I can't find how to do that.

Can anyone help, please?

 

[pbornemeier]

From:

Command-line switches for Microsoft Office products - Microsoft Support

Use command-line switches to customize the startup process for Microsott Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.

support.office.com

try this:

/x Starts a new instance (a separate process) of Excel.

Example
excel.exe /x "c:\My Folder\book1.xlsx"
or
excel.exe /x http://MySite/Book1.xlsx