Bug #59128 Can't open second instance of Workbench

• Submitted: 23 Dec 2010 13:21
• Modified: 17 Jun 2011 19:34
• Reporter: Peter Kniaz
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Workbench
• Severity: S2 (Serious)
• Version: 5.2.31 CE rev 7115
• OS: Windows (Vista)
• Assigned to: Mike Lischke
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: open second instance

[23 Dec 2010 13:21] Peter Kniaz

Description:
When I try to open a second instance of Work bench, I get an error saying that 

Cannot open document ‘C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL…
can’t open XML file c:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\MYSQL\Workbench/
MySQLWorkbench.exed/document.mwb.xml

Then when I close the error box, the instance I have opened already opens a MySQL Model Window.

How to repeat:
Get into Workbench, then attempt to open another instance or Workbench.

[24 Jan 2011 15:59] Johannes Taxacher

verified by starting WB and launch another instance (using the startmenu or any other way of launching WB without explicitly loading a new document)

it's related to changes that also raised Bug# 59400, but its not a duplicate.

[10 Feb 2011 13:33] Mike Lischke

Fixed in repository.

[22 Feb 2011 14:48] Alfredo Kojima

marked bug #59128 as diplicate

[17 Jun 2011 19:34] Paul DuBois

Noted in 5.2.34 changelog.

On Windows, opening a second instance of Workbench resulted in an error.