You can.
The only thing that is stored in registry are UI customization.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vlanschot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:11 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Multiple desktop AB icons + databases


> As I understand it (and TJ/others correct me if I'm wrong), you 
> cannot have two independent versions of AB with their own 
> dBases/settings/etc. UNLESS you use two seperate hard-drives/PC's. It 
> has to do with (Windows) registry, I believe.
> 
> PS
> 
> --- In [email protected], "J. Biran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> My understanding of the instructions was that you actually
>> have to create multiple installations of AB into different
>> folders since the file that stores the data folder
>> information resides in AB folder. 
>> So, you could have AB(Data1) and AB(Data2) separate folders
>> each using a different database.
>> Then, create shortcuts one starting in AB(Data1) folder, and
>> the other in AB(Data2) folder.
>> If you do not separate instances of AB one will overwrite
>> settings of the other.
>> Maybe it is backwards compatibility issues that prevent TJ
>> from modifying AB to accept command line options.
>> Joseph Biran
>> ____________________________________________
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of murthysuresh
>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 4:32 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Mutiple desktop AB icons +
>> databases
>> 
>> does TJ suggestion works. 
>> 
>> i tried the following. the default shortcut poitns to
>> "C:\Program 
>> Files\AmiBroker" which houses the default database
>> C:\Program 
>> Files\AmiBroker\MyNewData
>> I created a new shortcut with start in pointing to
>> E:\data\Stocks
>> either of teh short cut opens the databse at  C:\Program 
>> Files\AmiBroker\MyNewData
>> 
>> Pl let me know if i should do it any differently. BTW: i use
>> 5.09 beta
>> 
>> ------------------------------------
>>
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