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#1 Jun 11 2005 at 7:36 PM Rating: Decent

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I recently had a system failure and had to reinstall EQ and my 2nd account on a new hard drive. First normal EQ install went fine, however the 2nd account install to a directory outside progam files directly to c:\ drive would not run when I clicked the EQ game icon within the folder I forced the 2nd install to go. I was able to run 2 accounts on same box before with no problems. I only use 2nd account as bazaar mule. In the big scheme of things its not that important. However she is sitting on 40k I wouldnt mind mugging her for. Any ideas or comments on what I was doing wrong?

I am really stumped as to what I did wrong. I installed, the first EQ, Kunark, Velious and Luclin on 2nd account

Any helpful hints would be great.

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#2 Jun 12 2005 at 4:51 AM Rating: Good

alwayslost

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Instead of doing a second install...make a copy of the first and change the name, then all you need to do is put in your second station name and password in.

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#3 Jun 12 2005 at 8:20 PM Rating: Decent

Reyla

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Yes, just copy and paste your entire Everquest folder and rename it. Make 2 shortcuts on your desktop that point to each EQ folder. This way, your login and UI are saved seperately for each account. I play 3 accounts on 1 PC. I installed EQ only once and copied and pasted it twice.

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#4 Jun 13 2005 at 7:34 AM Rating: Decent

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Very Interesting,

Can someone tell me how you are running 2 EQ windows on one PC? I play with the small screen view and it takes up more than 1/2 the screen. I am no comptuer gu-ru by any stretch of the imagination, but I can get to where i need to if I have some decent instructions. Maybe a link to a program or something. Thanks !

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#5 Jun 13 2005 at 11:34 AM Rating: Decent

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It's built in now, no need to run another program. You alt-tab between the two instances.

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#6 Jun 13 2005 at 11:43 AM Rating: Good

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EQ windows will make your life a lot easier 2 boxing on 1 PC.

http://www.eqwindows.com/

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