Warn about second instance of the IDE starting

[Jud 1]

It used to be that if I started a second instance of the Delphi IDE, it would warn me and ask if I wanted to start another instance.  Now it doesn't ask - I sometimes have 2, 3, or 4 instances running inadvertently, which I want to avoid.  I got a new computer with Windows 11 instead of 10, and I've upgraded Delphi. 

 

Is there a setting in Delphi that warns you about starting a second instance?  Is it a Windows setting? (I know how to keep a second instance of my program from running.)

Edited December 26, 2023 by Jud

[dummzeuch 1392]

I'm not aware of such a warning in Delphi, but GExperts shows one. It's enabled by default and can be disabled in the dialog itself. To enable it again later, go to the messages tab in the GExperts configuration dialog.

[SwiftExpat 65]

If this is the message window you are expecting, it is from Deputy available in GetIt.

 

 

[Jud 1]

9 hours ago, dummzeuch said:

I'm not aware of such a warning in Delphi, but GExperts shows one. It's enabled by default and can be disabled in the dialog itself. To enable it again later, go to the messages tab in the GExperts configuration dialog.

I used GExperts for years, but it doesn't work with Delphi 12,   That was probably what I was using.

[Ian Branch 121]

4 hours ago, Jud said:

I used GExperts for years, but it doesn't work with Delphi 12,   That was probably what I was using.

GExperts works fine in D12...

[Jud 1]

1 hour ago, Ian Branch said:

GExperts works fine in D12...

I was going to the old website and I didn't notice that it is now done by someone else with a different website.  I just downloaded it - thanks for telling me that.

 

* I have it installed, but I can't find an option to prevent a second instance of the IDE from starting.  Where is that option?

Edited December 27, 2023 by Jud

[Ian Branch 121]

There isn't one per se.  It tells you that it has tried to open a second instance of GExperts.

[Jud 1]

23 minutes ago, Ian Branch said:

There isn't one per se.  It tells you that it has tried to open a second instance of GExperts.

OK, that IS what I used to use.  It gives the warning, and then you seem to have no choice but to open the second instance, but then you know, and can close the new one.  Thanks!

[Ian Branch 121]

If its an issue for you, I suggest  RunTime ToolKit