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From Tools - Preference From Interface tab, tic "Allow only one instance" and "Use only one instance when started from file manager". These options are already selected, it's not an instance problem, I only have multiple instances launch when there is more than one VLC process r...

I began to notice that when opening a video in windows explorer while VLC was already running, it would create a new instance instead of loading into the instance already opened. I have the program set to only allow a single instance, and went into settings to confirm this. Every video I clicked on ...