Krita testing

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If you use the Windows-Command “RUNAS /USER:”, perhaps in combination with “/SAVECRED”, and put this for a convenient handling into standard Windows-Links, e.g. *.LNK-Files, then you can start several versions of Krita side by side like every other software from your start-menu, desktop or every other folder you put a link in. This eliminates the need to jump from one account to the next account, to the next account, to …

It is not seldom for me to have two or three different instances of Krita running at the same time from one account, using the following string in a Windows-Link:
runas /user:xyz /savecred "path to the Krita.exe you want to run"

Below you can find a maybe better description with a screenshot showing how such a *.LNK has to look like, and also a screenshot showing 7 different Krita’s, from Version 3.3 over two 4.4.8 to several 5.x.x ALPHA / BETA-Versions running parallel (at the same time) on my PC.

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You can also run the version of Krita to be tested, after you have created a new user account, from your standard user account. If you use the command “runas /user:NEW-USERNAME” with a shortcut, or start the shortcut to the Krita installation of the new account each time by right clicking on the shortcut and selecting the menu item “Run as different user…”, where you then enter the name and password of the new account each time. For this I have set up shortcuts that pass this command as a param…

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