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I often have several virtual desktops open in Windows 10 with various programs in each one. I often want to open in my current virtual desktop a new instance of a program that already has a window open in another virtual desktop.
Most programs, like Chrome and Microsoft Word, always open a new window on the current desktop when I start them, even if there's already another window of that program on another desktop. However, attempting to start Sublime Text will cause Windows to switch to the virtual desktop in which the program is already running*, instead of opening a new window on my current one. This behavior occurs with Sublime Text 2 and 3.
Is there any way to force Sublime Text to always open a new window even if it's already running somewhere?
(*The issue isn't specifically to do with multiple desktops -- it can also be demonstrated on a single desktop. When most programs open a new window on starting even if they're already running on that desktop, Sublime Text will bring one of its existing windows into focus.)
A new instance is different to a new window. I am not familar with win10, but pressing
windows+r
should popup an execute window. If you paste in that windowC:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\subl.exe -n
(obviously with your path to ST) it should open a new ST window. From that command one could create something like nicer opening menu item. – r-stein – 2016-03-29T20:21:14.2531Ah, the -n argument was exactly what I was looking for, thanks! – erobertc – 2016-03-29T20:26:57.713