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althompsonphd
Level II

New instance of JMP® is opened each time a new file is opened

Hi everyone,

 

I've searched around and found some solutions to the problem that I am having, but none of them have seem to worked for me, so I thought I would just ask again to see if anyone might have some additional insight.

 

I help train colleagues at our company in using JMP and one problem that we regularly encounter is that if someone opens a file from Windows Explorer while they already had another JMP file open, the new file opens in an entirely different instance of JMP, thus cluttering up the taskbar and making it impossible to carry out tasks between the two files (like merging the two tables, etc). Obviously, once we realize that is the problem, we save the file, shut down the second instance of JMP, and reopen the file in the original instance, but this is a problem that frustrates many of us, so I thought instead of being frustrated, I would ask to see if anyone had a solution.

 

I have tried the solutions discussed in https://www.jmp.com/support/notes/52/261.html but although it perfectly describes the problem, the solutions don't seem to help the situation. I have also tried what I have permission to do in http://www.jmp.com/about/newsletters/jmpercable/pdf/27_winter_2011.pdf, but likewise, I have not been able to solve the problem.

 

Thanks in advance for any insight!

11 REPLIES 11
EMJohnson-Kueny
Level III

Re: New instance of JMP® is opened each time a new file is opened

Thank you Patrick, strange as it seems, this is the solution that worked for me!

shampton82
Level VII

Re: New instance of JMP® is opened each time a new file is opened

Note on this solution:  It didn't work at first but when I repaired the installation of JMP and then tried the notepad trick it work!