At 3/10/2006 02:31 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:

>The only situation where I think allowing multiple instances is a
>problem is where the user tries to launch the same file twice. I wish
>Windows were smart enough to say "Oh! There's already an instance of
>MS Word with this document open in it -- I should simply switch focus
>to that, instead of opening the document a second time in a new
>instance of Word!" But that's not the way it's designed. It's also a
>problem with MS Access applications, at least for the inattentive
>user who pays no attention to the icons in the Taskbar.

However, it does say, this file is already in use, do you want to open it read only?

But, I agree, Microsoft's move to SDI is stupid.

Phil Daley          < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley



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