Run Two Google Talk Clients Simultaneously on your Desktop

14 jul 2008

This simple workaround may help if you maintain two different Google Accounts and have to connect with Google Talk friends who are spread across both these accounts.

This simple workaround may help if you maintain two different Google Accounts and have to chat with Google Talk friends who are spread across both these accounts.

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The desktop edition of Google Talk comes in two flavors – the standard client and the labs edition. The trick is that you can install both these clients along side each other and even run them simultaneously using different Google Accounts as in the screenshot.

Here I am running Google Talk standard desktop client using my Gmail login while I have logged into the GTalk Labs edition using my Google Apps login. Both clients run simultaneously on the desktop without any problems. If this fails to interest you, try the Digsby option.

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http://liviux.byethost15.com LiviuX

Or maybe use meebo.
http://dwineinsight.blogspot.com/ DWiner

After installing GTalk, right click to expose the properties of the shortcut icon on desktop (or the program launcher in the programs list). Suffix ‘ /nomutex’ to the contents of the target textbox (without quotes). Now run multiple instances of GTalk (of the same version)!
99Perfectos

Or use Pidgin.
http://www.rodflash.com rodflash

Using the classic client, you can also run multiple instances using the /nomutex in command line.
e.g.:
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk /nomutex

You can create a shortcut to make thing easier.
http://blog.arpitnext.com Arpitnext

Oh Yes ! I too noticed this when I installed “Labs Edition” last week . I loved certain features of Labs Edition too ( like : New Mail Alerts ) !
http://indigg.com/blog vasu

Google Lab edition sucks!
I love normal Google talk

To start 2 nomal google talk desktop edition clients
Right click on the Gtalk shortcut icon and edit the
Taget as following

“C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex

Now close and double click the Gtalk icon :D
It works… 2 Gtalks on simultaneously
http://tech.passionvaibhav.com vaibhav gera

amit why to install two seprate clints when you can just add a simple word and use multiple instance of gtalk and yes one for @gmail and another for @googleapps.. just create a shortcut on desktop and in properties just add /nomutex “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex
http://rahul286@gmail.com Rahul Bansal

Yep “nomutex” switch works like charm.
I posted detailed instruction with screenshots here. :-)
mano

Does google permit if a person use two google accounts? one of my google account was disabled for no reason…. dont know wtf is wrong with google…
http://www.google-yahoo-microsoft.com Ram Tiwari

or use gtalk for web/web version of gtalk it suport any browser like firefox, netscape, or internet explorer.
g_user

Gtalk desktop doesnt work with google apps email addresses, so this is the reason to use GTalk Labs Ed (which allows them)

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Run Two Google Talk Clients Simultaneously on your Desktop

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