How do I run two separate instances of Spyder

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Isopycnal Oscillation picture Isopycnal Oscillation · Aug 11, 2014 · Viewed 47.4k times · Source

I want to be able to have two instances which are completely independent in the sense that I can be working on two separate unrelated projects in different folders without any interference.

Answer

Carlos Cordoba picture Carlos Cordoba · Sep 21, 2014

(Spyder dev here) This is very easy. You need to go to:

Tools > Preferences > General

and click "Advanced Settings" tab, and deactivate the option called

[ ] Use a single instance

Then every time you start Spyder a new window will be opened. If you want the old behavior back, just activate that option again.

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