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I've been using vlc for some time. I can't function without it. My question is how do i get multible players on my desktop. At one time I had this and now that it's gone, I don't know how to get it back.Sorry all you experts wasted time reading this. Maybe some kind soul will pity me.

Look at multiple instance.

sorry. Know this is painful for you but what/where is multiple instance?

(For next topics, think about giving your OS -can be done by posting in dedicated forum category- and VLC version)
I'm sure a simpler graphical method exists to archieve this (through preferences), but you can try this way:

1 - find the vlc config file ("vlcrc")
On Linux:
either ~/.vlc/vlcrc (up to 0.8.6) or ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc (0.9.0)

On Windows (for what I remember):
%APPDATA%\vlc maybe (or C:\Document and Settings\yourname\Application Data\VLC or ...VideoLan)

On MacOS X:
I don't know where is the preference file on MacOS X, maybe like Linux

2 - edit the file to locate this config (here is mine, maybe yours is set to 1)

# boolean (Allow only one running instance)
#one-instance=0

3 - of course, edit save and close :-)


If the config file does not set one-instance parameter to 1, then maybe the parameter "--one-instance" is given to VLC at launch time.

shirley there must be a whey that vlc player can make this happen? ( have a vista system )

Hi,

Having crossed a windows yesterday, I do not think your problem is related to the "one-instance" config file parameter anymore. Maybe related to the use of "--started-from-file" VLC parameter when you open a file from Windows Explorer.
But I have no advice about modifying "--started-from-file" behavior. You can try to find config-file entries about "started-from-file" or "instance", or wait for a windows user.