How to install more than 1 IMVU client [batch]

DataMine
by DataMine · 97 posts
10 years ago in IMVU Lounge
Posted 10 years ago · Author
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how you can have more than one IMVU client installed on the same machine. Each client will be independent of each other however only 1 can be ran at one time. With a simple script, you can choose which one you want to use and then at any time, close it, and open another.

Benefites of this tutorial:
-The ability to test out a new version of IMVU without loosing your current version.
-The ability to have older and newer client versions installed at the same time.
-The ability to use IMVULite, T3DE and the original client without having to reinstall to switch between them.
-The ability to test things on different versions.

Notes:
-They will all share the same account info so if you save your login name, it will be the same for the other clients but you can choose to log into any account.
-Only one client can be running at the a time. There are ways to run 2 clients at once, but that is outside the scope of this tutorial.
-You can have different versions installed (i.e 484 and 482 or IMVULite and T3DE)

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Tutorial
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Alright, let us begin. To start, you're going to choose the client you want to install. This can be any client from IMVU or Something like IMVULite/T3DE.

    Step 1) Install your first client normally. The same way you would install it if you only had 1 client. (If you already have a client installed that you want to keep, skip to step 2)
    Step 2) Navigate to this location on your computer: %appdata%. (C:\Users\{Your User Name}\AppData\Roaming\)
    -You can do this by either opening up the run box and typing in "%appdata%" or opening up an explorer window and typing %appdata% into the address bar.

    Step 3) Find the IMVUClient folder where your client is installed.
    Step 4) Rename this folder to IMVUClient-"PICK A NAME". You will replace "PICK A NAME" with anything you want to name it.
    -For example: IMVUClient-IMVULite

    Step 5) Open notepad and paste this code into it:
    Code
    @echo off
    set LAUNCHER=%APPDATA%\IMVUClient-"PICK A NAME"\IMVUClient.exe
    set NAME=IMVUClient-"PICK A NAME"
    set APPDATA=%APPDATA%\%NAME%
    %LAUNCHER%
    EXIT


    Step 6) Replace "PICK A NAME" in the code above with the name you chose in step 4.
    Step 7) Save the file as "Launch IMVU-"PICK A NAME".bat" to your desktop. (Again, replace "PICK A NAME" with the name you chose in step 4)
    Step 8) Run the bat file to make sure it opens the client. If it does, then you've followed the steps correctly.
    Step 9) Repeat steps 1 through 8 for every different client you want installed.

DONE!

If you followed the tutorial correctly, you should have multiple IMVUClient folders located in %appdata% with different names and you should have a batch file for each folder.

Now, whenever you want to use a client, just run the batch file for whichever client you want to use.

Congratz, now you have multiple IMVU clients installed that you can use for whatever you want.

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Troubleshooting
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If you receive an error saying "c:\something\something is not recognized as an internal or external command", wrap the LAUNCHER line in quotes.

Example:
Code
SET LAUNCHER="%APPDATA%\%_CHOSENCLIENT%\IMVUCLient.exe"



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If you would like an all-in-one file, check out my tutorial for the multi launcher: viewtopic.php?f=134&t=10088
Posted 10 years ago · Author
Don Von Free Credits wrote:
Yes! I love this tutorial. Been using this ever since you gave it to me over skype.


I've been showing it to T3DE users so they can continue to update every week and still have T3DE access.
Posted 10 years ago
Thanks, I love it.

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