Cannot open more than one ms access 2013 databases at the same time

Question

When using access 2007 I can open many different database files at the same time. Now, on access 2013, whenever I try to open a second database, access closes the first one and opens the second one. So, I only can have one database open at any given time, just only one access window... How am I supposed to copy forms, tables, queries, and other database objects from one database to another??

Answer 1

In a single instance of Access, you can have only one database open at a time. In other words, you can't start Access, open one database, and then open another database without closing the first database. However, you can run multiple instances of Access at the same time, each with a database open in it. Each time you start Access, you open an instance of it. So to open two Access databases at the same time, start Access and open the first Access database, then start Access again and open the second database in the second instance of the program.

taken from

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/opening-multiple-databases-at-the-same-time-in-access-HA001055092.aspx