Google Talk: Run Multiple Instances or Login as Multiple Users
If you have several google talk accounts like me :p , you may want to run multiple instances of google talk at once. Here’s how to do it. Many users, including myself, like to have several different personalities on IM–Work, play, etc. By default google talk with only allow you to run instance of the program at a time. Here’s how to get around that… Run google talk with the following switch: /nomutex If you installed google talk to the default location, you can easily create a shortcut to this setting. 1. Right-click on the desktop 2. Select New 3. Select Shortcut 4. For WindowsXP or Lower Paste this into the text box: "c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex For Windows7 Paste this into the text box: "C:\Users\kaydeveloper\AppData\Roaming\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex 5. Click Next 6. Name it whatever: Google Talk Multiple, etc. 7. Click OK until you are done.