two instances, only open files on one

antkuske · 19th November 2006, 11:04

Hi,
What i am trying to do is have two copies of winamp running on the one computer. One will always be open, playing through a big playlist which will be streamed on shoutcast (I'll call this winamp 1) this is set to use one soundcard. I then want another copy of winamp so that when I just want to listen to some music on my pc it wont interfere with the stream (i'll call this winamp 2) this is using a different sound card.
I have copied the winamp folder from program files to my documents so I now have two copies of winamp. I've set it to allow multiple instances in both copies. The problem is, winamp 1 is open and playing but winamp 2 isn't open. When I double click an mp3 file from my coputer it opens it in winamp 1 when I want to launch winamp 2 and leave winamp 1 alone.
Can this be achieved?
Thanks in advance,
Anthony.

antkuske · 19th November 2006, 12:28

Okay I've got it working now by using two different users logged on at the same time.
But is there a way to do it just using one user?

19th November 2006, 11:04	#1
antkuske Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2	two instances, only open files on one Hi, What i am trying to do is have two copies of winamp running on the one computer. One will always be open, playing through a big playlist which will be streamed on shoutcast (I'll call this winamp 1) this is set to use one soundcard. I then want another copy of winamp so that when I just want to listen to some music on my pc it wont interfere with the stream (i'll call this winamp 2) this is using a different sound card. I have copied the winamp folder from program files to my documents so I now have two copies of winamp. I've set it to allow multiple instances in both copies. The problem is, winamp 1 is open and playing but winamp 2 isn't open. When I double click an mp3 file from my coputer it opens it in winamp 1 when I want to launch winamp 2 and leave winamp 1 alone. Can this be achieved? Thanks in advance, Anthony.

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19th November 2006, 12:28	#2
antkuske Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2	Okay I've got it working now by using two different users logged on at the same time. But is there a way to do it just using one user?