Can I open two solutions with Visual Studio for Mac at the same time?

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martyndev picture martyndev · Nov 20, 2016 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

That's it. Can this be initiated two times to open two separated solutions at the same time?

Answer

SushiHangover picture SushiHangover · Nov 20, 2016

By default an .app runs as a single instance/single document mode, its the Cocoa way of life and MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio/Visual Studio for Mac follow that paradigm.

From the cmd line:

Open a solution in an existing running instance or starts the first instance:

open MySolution.sln

Open a solution in a new instance of the application:

open -n MySolution.sln

-n = Open a new instance of the application(s) even if one is already running.

GUI-based:

From @TomGilder comment:

MS Solution Launcher

Ref: https://github.com/Redth/MSSolutionLauncher

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