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Topic: noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k? (Read 3724 times) previous topic - next topic
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noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

I'm thinking about picking up a second sound card. I'm wondering if you can have two instances of FB2K installed at the same time, installed to different directories, using different configurations for each. I'd like to have one configured for one sound card, with the other copy configured for a different sound card so I don't have to change settings everytime I use fb2k. Other than output related settings the configurations would be identical.

Does fb2k use one set of registry settings for configuration, or does it just use whatever config file is in the directory of the copy of FB2k you run? Is anyone running such a setup, are there any problems with doing this?

Thanks.

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

Reply #1 –
This should be perfectly possible, foobar2000 doesn't store settings in registry.
Microsoft Windows: We can't script here, this is bat country.

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

Reply #2 –
Thank you for the response (and for giving us IMHO the best player out there).

Another question...would it be preferable to do it the way I described above, or would it be better to create a different user profile and simply switch between the two as needed? I was thinking that by installing two copies, there would be issues with what instance of FB2K would open if a file was clicked in explorer.

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

Reply #3 –
that's true, only one will load when you double click files

but you can right-click the file, and both (or 3 or 4) versions of foobar show on the 'open with..' list

(although they will both be named 'Foobar2000')

work out which one is which, and you can happily run a default foobar, with a specialist alternative version


it precisely what i was doing while desiging foo_looks skins

i had a default install to play music while i worked, and a secondary install to test the skins so they didn't interrupt my background music

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

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(although they will both be named 'Foobar2000')

create 2 shortcuts each with a different name (ie foobar 1 and foobar 2) in your \windows\sendto\ directory. (well at least it works like that in win98)

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

Reply #5 –
i don't think that's possible on Win 2K / XP

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

Reply #6 –
thanks for the responses

is there any way to have a preconfigured set of options that can be readily loaded? i.e. user profiles

i suppose one low brow way of doing it could be to just keep an alternate version of the configuration file handy and exchange the two where necessary...

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

Reply #7 –
you could write a simple batch file (.bat) script to switch between the 2 configs and make a shortcut on the desktop

it would go something like this

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rename foobar2000.cfg foobar2000.temp
rename foobar2000.bak foobar2000.cfg
rename foobar2000.temp foobar2000.bak


foobar2000.bak = your alternative config (could use .alt instead - meaning 'alternative')

however, you would have to close FB2K before running it


for anyone not familiar with batch scripts, just paste the code into a text file and save it as swap_config.bat. then place the file in your foobar dir and make a shortcut on the desktop.
remember to create the two configs before running it though


there's probably a much more elegant way of doing it though

noob question : can you install 2 copies of FB2k?

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i don't think that's possible on Win 2K / XP

Sure it is.

C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo