Posted by
Michael Schmid on
Jun 10, 2009; 3:33pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Open-Image-in-Existing-Instance-tp3692166p3692167.html
High Reinhard,
check "Run socket listener" in Edit>Options>Misc.
From the 1.42p release notes:
Added the "Run socket listener" option to the Edit>Options>Misc
dialog. Enabling this option prevents multiple copies of ImageJ from
starting but it can cause a security alert when ImageJ starts.
From the online documentation:
Enable Run socket listener and ImageJ will use sockets to prevent
multiple instances from being launched. On Windows, this avoids the
problem where another copy of ImageJ starts each time an image is
dragged and dropped on the ImageJ icon. It also prevents multiple
instances when running ImageJ from the command line. Note that you
may get a security alert the first time ImageJ starts with this
option enabled. ImageJ does not require external socket access so it
is okay to deny it access in the security alert.
Michael
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On 10 Jun 2009, at 17:04, Reinhard Mayr aka Czerwinski wrote:
> Hi on the list,
>
> since the update to ImageJ 1.42q I experience an unpleasant
> behavior of ImageJ.exe (WinXP): Every time I open an image fron the
> explorer by double-clicking, a new instance of ImageJ is started.
>
> This is quite nasty and used to be different. In former versions of
> ImageJ all files were opened in the same instance. Is it possible
> to go back to the previous mode?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Reinhard.
>