运行多个nlnotes

Running multiple instances of Lotus Notes

Setting up multiple Lotus Notes clients for in-house developers and testers can help them work more efficiently. The steps may vary depending on your organization, but the setup works with all versions of Notes.

Having two, three or even 12 Lotus Notes clients logged on to different IDs or domains at the same time lets developers and testers work without interruption. Not having to switch IDs or locations allows everyone to work more efficiently. The setup is simple and it works for all versions of Lotus Notes up to and including version 8.0.

Some steps will vary according to your organization's default installation. Here are the basic steps:

1. Move Notes.ini to your data directory.

2. Create a data directory for each additional client that you want to implement.

3. Copy Notes.ini, Names.nsf and Desktop.dsk to each data directory.

4. Modify Notes.ini in each directory so that it points to the data directory where it's located.

5. Copy your Lotus Notes desktop icon.

6. Change the executable from Notes.exe to nlnotes.exe.

7. Point your startup directory to the data directory.

8. Remove the Notes.ini specification from the end of the target line (nlnotes.exe).

9. Start each additional client separately and switch to the desired ID.

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Multiple Instances Of Notes Client. (Great For Multiuser)

You can have Mulitple instances of Notes (Any Client) running on your desktop at the same time, while still retaining individual desktop settings and information. At installation, notes also installs the "nlnotes.exe" program. This allows you to run multiple instances of Notes. If you want to have seperate, individual instances running, follow the included directions.

1. - Create another directory under c:\notes\(new name) {i.e. c:\notes\michael}....

2. - In this new directory, copy all the information from c:\notes\data, excluding the .nsf & .dsk files. (notes will recreate these upon startup). 3. - Copy the notes.ini file from c:\windows, and place it into this new directory. 4. - Edit the new notes.ini file {i.e. c:\notes\michael\notes.ini}, and delete everything below the "Directory=c:\notes\data" line, returing so that the cursor is under this line. Save this file. 5. - Create a shortcut on your desktop with the Target as c:\notes\nlnotes.exe and the Start In directory as c:\notes\(new name) {i.e. Start In = c:\notes\michael}. 6. - Startup the new Lotus Notes Shortcut just created. This will start a new instance of Lotus Notes, and it will look like it is the first time it has been run. Walking you through the setup procedures once more, asking for the ID file and domino server, etc. Once you have gone through this initial setup, you will be able to run multiple instances of Lotus Notes, either version, on the same desktop. Great for companies who have multiple users sharing the same workstation, or manufacturing plants. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Michael

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