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Skype PortableSubmitted by Orsino on October 23, 2009 - 10:54am
Hi, I run 2 instances of Skype (with 2 different skype names) on the desktop. The second one is started with the parameter "/secondary" Just tried this on the latest portable version and it does not seem to work. Guess the launcher does not pass on the parameter to the skype.exe. May I suggest to add this capability to Skype Portable? Orsino ( categories: )
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Anything passed to the launcher is passed along to skype.exe untouched. Perhaps Skype doesn't like secondary in combination with the datapath and removable switches.
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/secondary switch
I haven't tried the PortableApps.com version yet, but the following command line works for skype:
Skype.exe /secondary /datapath:"Data" /removable
"Run as" trick doesn't seem to work any more with Skype 4.x
I've noticed a similar issue. I used to run two instances of Skype 3.x side by side. Although, Skype wouldn't let you do this officially, it was possible to work around it by launching the second instance as a another Windows user. With 4.x, this is no longer possible. This has got nothing to do with the portable version, it's a "feature" of Skype itself. Honestly, I don't understand why the Skype folks try and stop people from running more than one instance - lots of people have multiple Skype accounts for private and business use that they want to run side by side.