On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 12:30:04PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> for comparing traces I often need to open two (or more) traces at the
> same time. Wireshark itself cannot open more than one file at the same
> time (tabs, SDI or MDI). As a workaround I have to open two instances
> of Wireshark.
Unfortunately, that is the case right now.
> Unfortunately the portable version of Wireshark doesn't support this
> ("Another instance of Wireshark is already running. Please close other
> instances of Wireshark before launching Wireshark Portable."). This
> seems to be an unnecessary limitation because the portable U3 version
> /does/ support opening multiple instances.
>
> For certain reasons I would rather prefer to use the portable version
> (WiresharkPortable-*.paf.exe) instead of the portable U3 (wireshark-
> *.u3p) version.
>
> So my questions are: is there a workaround for the problem? Would that
> be a bug or an enhancement request?
I don't have experience with the PortableApps (or U3) editions of
Wireshark. Unless the PortableApps software is the cause of this, I
would say that it's a bug. You can open a bug report at
https://bugs.wireshark.org/ and attach any information you are aware of
regarding fixing the problem. Thanks!
