Is it possible to open two instances on startup?

Wicke2d

Currently notepad++ opens on startup, preserving position, size, tabs, and last open file. That’s very convenient. I have a dual desktop setup, so I would like to extend this convenience further by having an additional separate instance open on startup, with its own such preservations. Is this possible?
I know it is possible to drag a tab out of the window to create a separate instance for editing that file. The feature I want would remove the need of having to manually keep doing that.

Notepad++ v8.2.1 (32-bit)
Build time : Jan 19 2022 - 18:38:49
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)
OS Version : 2009
OS Build : 19045.4291
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins : none

PeterJones

@Wicke2d ,

At startup of windows? Yes, there are multiple ways.

You could create a .bat which runs two instances (ie, it calls c:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe twice, at least one of which with the -multiInst option, or having the always-use-multiple-instances setting on in your Notepad++ config), and put that in your Startup folder (search the interwebs to see how to add something to the startup folder for your particular Windows version).
Or you could use Task Scheduler to create a task that runs two instances of Notepad++ (again, with the -multiInst or the preference equivalent mentioned above)

I have a dual desktop setup

I, however, don’t think that either of those solutions would be able to put a separate instance on a specific Desktop when you first boot.

I want to say maybe you could do it with calling a different session from the command-line in each, but I don’t think that would be able to automatically run them at bootup. Maybe someone else has some ideas.