in reply to Windows; If (2003) MS Word or Excel are already executing?

Rewrite your program so it isn't bothered by copies of word/excel it didn't start.
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Re^2: Windows; If (2003) MS Word or Excel are already executing?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 02, 2010 at 23:37 UTC

    Is it actually possible to run concurrent copies of Word or Excel?

    Or does attempting to start a new copy when one is already running, just bring the existing instance to the foreground and open another document there?

      I can't speak for Word, which seems to perform differently, but it's certainly possible - and frequently necessary for me - to run multiple instances of Excel.

      Regards,

      John Davies