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I am running PDFXCview.exe (for pdfxchange viewer portable version) under wine to open a pdf file, by

PDFXCview.exe 1.pdf

When I do the same for another file, the other file will be opened by the same process of PDFXCview.exe. Can I open it in a different process? The reason is that the application becomes slower to non-responsive when there are two pdf files opened in the same process.

Is running a different process or not determined by the executable PDFXCview.exe? Is it because the exe file runs as a server?

is the solution the same for other native linux applications?

Thanks.

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  • Does the following work? PDFXCview.exe 1.pdf &, then PDFXCview.exe 2.pdf &
    – s3lph
    Oct 6, 2014 at 18:43
  • That's application dependent. Firefox and gnome-terminal, for example, have options to disable such behaviour. PDFXCview.exe may or may not have such an option.
    – muru
    Oct 6, 2014 at 18:44
  • @the_Seppi The two pdf files will be opened in the same process. Putting into background doesn't help. I actually ran it as nohup pdFXCview.exe 1.pdf &.
    – Tim
    Oct 6, 2014 at 18:44
  • @muru: what might be the option called? I will try to see if I can find it.
    – Tim
    Oct 6, 2014 at 18:45
  • @Tim it varies. For firefox: -no-remote, for gnome-terminal: --disable-factory.
    – muru
    Oct 6, 2014 at 18:46

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There doesn't look like a command line way to do it. You have to enable the Allow Multiple Instances option:

enter image description here After you apply this option, PDFXCview should open new windows.

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