Did Party Stop This

[sthief09]

you used to be able to install PokerNOW while running Party, and run both programs at the same time. now you can't. did they fix this? if so, is there any way to run both programs on the same computer? it's costing me 4 tables of data mining

[iMsoLucky0]

Only way I am aware of to run one while the other is running is to load one, and then reinstall the other. That is, start up party. Then reinstall pokernow, and load it.

[Bellagibro]

I run Pknow on my laptop and Party on my Desktop or vice versa.

[sthief09]

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Only way I am aware of to run one while the other is running is to load one, and then reinstall the other. That is, start up party. Then reinstall pokernow, and load it.

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that's not working anymore. that was the entire point of my post

[swolfe]

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Only way I am aware of to run one while the other is running is to load one, and then reinstall the other. That is, start up party. Then reinstall pokernow, and load it.

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that's not working anymore. that was the entire point of my post

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it worked for me the other day, but i have older installers saved to my HD. what happened when you tried to do it?

[revots33]

Is there something wrong with me if I think iMsoLucky0's avatar is absolutely freaking hysterical? /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[sthief09]

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it worked for me the other day, but i have older installers saved to my HD. what happened when you tried to do it?

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the same thing as when you try to open PN when PP is open already. PP just pops up. I tried it both ways too (downloading PN while running PP and vice versa). I tried deleting both from my HDD then installing one after the other. again, Party just pops up. it's done

[Piers]

Try starting them both at the same time.

I think they check some shared resource, a mutex probably, on start up to see if the other is running. Then they set the mutex to prevent another instance of Party or pokerNow starting. I am guessing here.

However if you keep starting them at the same time, you will eventually get them both querying the mutex at the same time, before either of then has set it. The result being that they both start up ok. Repeat I am guessing here.

I have not tried playing when doing this, however I have used this technique to data-mine more games.

[sthief09]

your post gave me some hope so I started trying things. I opened party and clicked cancel at the logon screen. then I opened PN and it worked.

I have multiple party and empire accounts. it is possible to have 2 Party Pokers open at the same time? I used to be able to do that