On Fri, 2023-12-08 at 11:48 -0500, Andy Figueroa wrote:

> if pcmanfm is also running the desktop 
> then multiple instances won't show multiple processes.


This also happens without --desktop.  
A simple "pidof pcmanfm" shows only one PID.  
However, with htop's tree view I can see multiple child processes, one for each 
window:

On Fri, 2023-12-08 at 22:33 +0100, U.Mutlu wrote:

> In older versions it was possible to start another  
> instance of pcmanfm under a different user name.  
> With the current version it's no more possible  
> (it simply does not start). This is not good, IMO.

Why is this a problem?

Also, it has to do with how most distros and GNU/Linux components are tying 
down permissions and security.
Whether that makes sense or not is a different discussion, just saying it most 
likely has nothing to do with pcmanfm itself.
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