Only one instance of webstorm/phpstorm at a time ?

I have purchased Idea 9, phpstorm and webstorm and have all three installed.  If I am running phpstorm and attempt to start webstorm I get the message "only one instance of webstorm can run at a time".  The same thing happens whenever I have one IntelliJ product running and try to start a different product at the same time, so for instance, when I have IntelliJ Idea running and I try to start phpstorm.

Is there some configuration option that I have missed that allows me to run two different products concurrently ?  I would think someone working in php in phpstorm might also want to have another IntelliJ product opened at the same time.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

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3 comments

Why would you want to?

from what i understand
phpstorm is webstorm + php

and
intellij is webstorm + php + java

I dont know the answer to your question though.

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Only WebStorm and PhpStorm are mutually exclusive. All other products can run ide by side with one of them.

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ussher wrote:

Why would you want to?


Not speaking for the OP, but at times I'm working on different projects at the same time. I often have multiple instances of Visual Studio or Qt Creator running at the same time.

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