why does the same program show a different behavior in XP and Vista?
for texniccenter I tried the documented switches (dde-commands) now it opens
only one file, with the following it does nothing ...
for gimp there seems to be only the option to start a new instance
"Jeff Richards" wrote:
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> When you double-click a file Explorer simply executes the file open command
> for that file type. The exact behaviour depends on the command line and the
> application, not the OS. Some applications check if there is already an
> open instance and then open the file within that instance, others look for a
> switch in the command line to determine how to open that file, while others
> open a new instance regardless.
>
> If you indicate what program is opening when you select those files, someone
> might know how to configure the file type to force it to open with a current
> instance, if the application supports that option.