05 Apr UpdatedHow do I set up and run multiple copies of Agent?
You may find it useful to have multiple copies of Agent installed on your computer
For example, you may want to segregate your personal email and Usenet messages from your work messages. Or you might have one copy for text data and another for binary data. It's up to you.
The second component consists of agent
Agent consists of two components. The first is agent.exe, the program itself, along with some associated files (spell checking, languages, etc.). After you have installed Agent, these files never change. ini and all of the other files that contain your settings, folders, and messages. Of course these files change as you use Agent.
To set up multiple copies of Agent, you don't need to install multiple copies of agent.exe and its associated files. In fact, Forte recommends that you not install multiple copies of the program. Instead, all you need to do is create new folders to store copies of your Agent data.
Setting up a new copy of Agent is easy. First, you create a folder in which to store Agent's data and then you create a new shortcut to launch Agent using that folder. Follow these steps:
- Create a folder in the location of your choice. You can create an Agent data folder anywhere on your disk (except the Program Files area). But you might want to consider creating a folder in the disk area used to store your own documents and other data. This way, you can be sure that whatever backup tools you use will also back up your new Agent folder. For example, you might want to create a subfolder of your own Documents folder.
- Determine the full path for the folder you created. For example, if you create an "agent2" subfolder of your own Documents folder, the full path will be something like: "\Users\your name\My Documents\agent2" (In this example, "your name" represents your own username on your computer.)
- Create an Agent shortcut that points to the new data folder.