Can't open two instances of Visio 2013

Question

I've faced with strange behavior of Visio. I'm opening two documents, but there is still one running application. And I can't move one, to another display. This is kind of annoying thing, and it slows my productivity. Is there any solutions, or it is known issue?

P.S. I'm using Windows 8.1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30651/open-2-visio-diagrams-in-different-windows — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Nov 24 '13 at 02:36
Don't know how, but it works now with after I added registry key and rebooted machine. — vmeln, Nov 24 '13 at 16:20

Devid · Answer 1 · 2014-08-23T09:06:45.310

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Open one instance of Visio 2013 and a icon will appear in the task bar. Now hold Shift and click on the Visio taskbar icon (or middle-click on the icon). A new instance will open. This works for all programs not just Visio 2013.

Visio 2013 2 instances running on task manager

edited Aug 23 '14 at 09:06

answered Aug 23 '14 at 08:20

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A middle-click will do, too. Probably also works in Metro. – Daniel B Aug 23 '14 at 08:55
@DanielB yes a middle click will do too, but it does not work in metro as I tried now. – Devid Aug 23 '14 at 09:05

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Actually I've followed steps described here.

To implement the new behavior, follow the following registry trick:

Open Microsoft Visio.

Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced.

Check the Put all settings in Windows Registry option.

Run Registry Editor (regedit).

Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Visio\Application\

In the right pane, right click on SingleInstanceFileOpen, and then select Modify. Update the value of SingleInstanceFileOpen from 1 to 0.

But key was missing on my machine, so I've just added it and rebooted machine. Now it seems work.

Can't open two instances of Visio 2013

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