As in previous post, we have taken note of how to run 2 skypes and 2 Yahoo messengers in the same PC. Now we are looking into the Gtalk, an application for instant messaging and voice over internet protocol (VOIP) offered by Google. Since there are two types of Gtalk: Window application and web-based application, here we will figure out two tips related to the Gtalk as window application.
I. Method #1: Use shortcut
We need to work with the shortcut of Gtalk (on Desktop or on Start Menu) and follow the below steps.
1. Right click –> properties. It will show the properties window of the Gtalk shortcut.
2. Add a space with the text as “/nomutext” to the target section as illustrated in the figure below.
Figure 1. Gtalk properties
3. Click Apply and then click Ok to close the window properties.
That’s all for this method. Now let’s double click on the shortcut of gtalk four times. As the result, four gtalk instances will run for us, see figure 2.
Figure 2. 4 Gtalks running in the same PC
II. Method #2: use Command Line
1. Start –> run –> type cmd
2. Go to the directory where the Gtalk installed. For example, C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk. Figure 3 illustrated how to reach the directory.
Figure 3. Command to reach Google Talk directory
3. Type the command as “Googletalk /nomutex“, see figure 4, and enter.
Figure 4. type command as googletalk /nomutex
After entering this command, a Gtalk instance will run immediately.
4. Do as step 3 multi times will cause multi instances of Gtalk run in your pc. For instance, we run the command three times to get three instances of Gtalk running in the same pc (see figure 5).
Figure 5. Run 3 Gtalks by using command line
