You can also add this shortcut to your taskbar if you like. When you click this shortcut Excel will open a separate instance.
Press next and give your shortcut a name.This time without the quotes! So for me the adjusted target is: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE” /x
Then right after this code write the following: “ /x“. As location paste the target we just copied.The first thing you need to do is add the location of the item we make a shortcut for. This opens the screen to create a shortcut. On your desktop right click -> New -> Shortcut.For me this is: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE”. Copy the address that’s displayed in the Target field of the Shortcut tab.To get it, right click on your Excel icon in the taskbar -> right click again on ‘Excel’ -> click properties. First we need the target of our shortcut.If you plan to open excel in a new instance more often, you could also create a custom shortcut to open excel in the right way. After confirming yes you have now opened your Excel file in a another instance!.Right after clicking, press and hold your Alt-key until the new instance pop-up appears.To open the file in a second instance, first double click (left mouse button) to open the file.Navigate to your file using the file explorer as you always do.When you want to open a specific file in you can use a very easy 4 step proces: This directly brings you to a new Excel instance. Keep holding the Alt-key until the pop-up appears, just like before. First hover your mouse over the Excel Icon in the taskbar, click and hold the Alt-key and then click on the scroll wheel. The second and also my favorite way is by using the scroll wheel. Press Yes to open a new instance of Excel. Hold down the Alt-key until the below window pops up.
As the menu appears, hold down the Alt-key and left-click on the ‘Excel’ menu option. It works as follows: Right click on the Excel icon in the taskbar. The first method to open a new Excel instance is the Alt + Open method. Edit the Registry: Force Excel to Open New Instance by Defaultġ.