-new-window ignored all of a sudden

[ThirdTryCharm]

Win8.1 all up to date. Not sure how long this has been like this, but I have always launched Palemoon Portable (PMP) via a launcher program that passes -new-window as a Parameter. All used to work well and I could have several active copies running.

I just needed a second copy so went to the launcher program and clicked "Palemoon" and got a message saying a "copy is running..." Well, yeah, I know, that's why I am back in the launcher!

So, I right-clicked the icon in the taskbar for the currently running PMP and selected "Pale Moon Web Browser" and it launched a new copy with a complete new profile. It had all the original start-up screen clutter etc.

Something just ain't right.

Am I not doing it the right way to get the second copy to open in a new Window?

[Moonchild]

Please see the release notes. "no-remote" is now default (since the latest release), which may interfere with your launcher. Comment it out in the .ini file and you will have the previous behavior.

[ThirdTryCharm]

Thanks, but this implies the opposite, or is confusing at best. With "MOZ_NO_REMOTE = 1" it is checking. I have remmed it out as suggested and is working again as you said. Why was this changed? Is it a security risk or something?

"Portable-only: Changed the behavior to, by default, allow it to start a new copy or multiple copies without checking if Pale Moon is already running on the system. You will need separate profiles to run multiple browsers concurrently."

[Moonchild]

It doesn't imply the opposite.
"no-remote" means it won't check for a "remote" (already running) process. Launching the browser this way will always try to launch a new application process instead of opening a new window in the existing process. -new-window will therefore not work.

It's not a security issue, but most people expect the current behavior from a portable when run alongside installed versions.