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Launch App multiple times from a Pinned Shortcut

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Mar 15, 2026834 views
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Problem

I have a CMD prompt shortcut pinned to the taskbar but I can only launch it once? So I have to have yet another icon on the desktop to launch multiple windows? (The same thing applies to many app that I need to launch multiple copies of MsTSC / SSH etc.)

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Fix for: Launch App multiple times from a Pinned Shortcut

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Hold Shift while you click the pinned program. This will open a new window of the app as opposed to activating the currently open window.

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