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    How can i run 2 instances of a game?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shinakuma9, Jul 14, 2011.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    I'm trying to install a game and want to run two of them at the same time. Its a gfwl game and its mainly to experiment with some stuff online in both windows. I thought maybe installing it on my external and one on my hard drive would work but when i launch the installer it just asks to if i want to play it (as it detects i have it installed already).

    Also since it uses GFWL it seems that when you are playing one game that uses gfwl, the other one will launch but the GFWL sign in screen doesn't even come up. Any ideas how to bypass this?
     
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Virtual machine?
     
    fred2028, Jul 14, 2011
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    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    VM or sandboxing.
     
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    Hmm never run a virtual machine before but would it let me run the game online at the same time?
    I googled a bit and found VMware, I hear a lot of people use this so i guess that's what i should use?
     
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  5. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I've used Virtual Box, and its free.
     
    Nick, Jul 14, 2011
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