Bug #59128 Can't open second instance of Workbench
Submitted: 23 Dec 2010 13:21 Modified: 17 Jun 2011 19:34
Reporter: Peter Kniaz Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
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.