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How to open Multiple instances of thebat :)
 
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Hi there forum :)  I am more of a mac user, not too great on pcs. And I opened multiple instance on seperate profiled before on other programs, but I am not really sure how to do it for thebat?

Is it the same for all programs?

1 thebat app of mine has like 50+ accounts on it.  So I wanted to open another instance to have just for personal.  1 personal, 1 business.  I'm sure you can imagine, scrolling through 50 + accounts to find one can get a little annoying.

So if anyone knows how to open a seperate instance, please let me know. IF you could type step by step it would be super helpful since im not too savvy on pcs.

thanks soooo much :) yall have helped me before and I'm super grateful :)
 
 
 
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I won't say that it isn't possible what you want, but it would be quite a hassle.
The easiest thing would be to place the accounts you'd like to check always or first at the top of the account tree. That's quite simple: Select the root of an account and move it with the cursor keys while keeping Ctrl-Shift pressed.
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Well after doing some searching I never did find out an exact way to do it as in step by step for someone who wouldn't know all the pc jargon or where to find certain things on a pc... Now that was the only hassle i ran into, not being able to find a guide or a in depth explanation. But once you figure it out, it's only a few very small steps and not a hassle at all.

When I said 50+ email address... i have a big +.  I have about 3 sets of 50 accounts with 1 main account per set. The main account per set is above the matching set.  So not only do I scroll to find the main account for each set, but also when I need to alter an auto reply or anything else on one of the accounts in the set, i'm scrolling through alllll of the accounts searching for that 1 account. now THIS is a huge hassle. so as you can see it would be tons easier for me to have it organized with separate instances.  Especially since on top of that I have personal accounts too. When I added my personal accounts and "moved up" on each one to bring them above all the other accounts, each time thebat froze and filters in some of my accounts magically disappeared.  Now, you can imagine how frustrating it was going through a little over 150 accounts checking each of the filters (there are about 5 on each account).  ALWAYS make backups of your thebat before messing with tons of accounts.

Anyway, so I'm writing a step by step guide to help people who can't understand the other posts about this.....

How to Create Multiple Instances on The Bat...

1. Create short cut for every instant.  Go to start > program files > thebat and right click on thebat.exe and choose "move to > desktop".  Do this for every instant you'd like to make.  For this guide let's say we are going to make 3.

2.  Rename each short cut you find on your desktop.  Let's rename them as follows...

1stbat
2ndbat
3rdbat

3. Next go to start > run

and type in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat!INSTANTNAME

so for us we will be doing...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat!1stbat  then
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat!2ndbat  then
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat!3rdbat

4. this is going to open up a new window or "instance" of thebat.  go ahead and walk through the set up for each instance.

5.  Go back to your desktop where the shortcuts are. right click on the shortcut and where it says

"C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe"

in the target space... youll need to replace it with

"C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /Reg:INSTANCENAME

so for us we will be doing....

"C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /Reg:1stbat   then
"C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /Reg:2ndbat   then
"C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /Reg:3rdbat  


and thats it :)  i hope this helps the not so savvy pc user :)

=^..^=
 
 
 
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Just forget about step 3, that merely cuases an error in my version of Windows, altering the the shortcuts and then starting them will do the trick.
The real hassle I was referring to, was being able to access the same message base of a personal account in the overall instance and in the personal instance, without seeing the other accounts in the personal instance.
If you want to see your personal account only in the personal instance, then you're done after creating multiple instances with each their own mail directory.
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I'm setting up another pc and so I came back to this thread for reference .....

that's exactly multiple instances ARE needed with the bat.  ive seen a lot of people ask how to do this within this forum. and they all have their own reasons, but bottom line is they need multiple instances.

sure #3 may not be needed on your version of windows... but it is on mine (vista home). If you just make an alias and change the name on it, then you press "ok" you'll get an error message saying "the name specified in the target box is not valid....".  This can get very frustrating...without #3 you will be lost.

but ya, people use different versions, so keep in mind depending on your version will depend on the exact way to do it, at least you all have a step by step guide now for reference :)
Edited: fungirl101 fungirl101 - 16 May 2010 06:02:58
 
 
 
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will this work with windows 7 64 bit
 
 
 
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yes
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