How should I create multiple instances of MS Excel 2013, in Win7 x64?
As you can see in "How can I get Excel's undo/redo functionality to work in a more traditional *per window* manner (and not for the entire instance of Excel)?", I expect when I open separate instances of Excel I have separate undo-redo lists, but in my MS Excel 2013 x64 (running in Win7 x64), all of the undo-redo(s) are in one list.
The first idea, coming to mind, is I am wrong and they are not different instances, though I am executing MS Excel from start -> all programs -> Microsoft office 2013 -> Excel 2013; then, the question is how should I create multiple instances of MS Excel?
Note that I cannot find the target of the shortcut files of MS Excel when I check right click -> properties -> shortcut. It also is not found in neither of program files(x86 or x64) -> microsoft -> office...
Does anyone have any idea to solve this?
NOTE: The following answer was obtained from this blog post: Opening workbooks by running separate instances of Excel
How to create multiple instances of Microsoft Ecel 2013 (it may or may not work with older versions):
Open Excel either through the Start menu or Run command (Win+R→"excel"→Enter)
Hold the Alt key and right click on the Excel icon in the taskbar and click on Excel 2013 while still holding down Alt
When you are greeted with this prompt, choose Yes
Alternative Method
- Press Win+R→"excel /x"→Enter
Additionally:
If you double click an excel-file (without ALT) and immediately afterwards hold down alt, Excel will also popup the question "Do you want to start a new instance".