[Tutorial] How to open 2 or more Diablo Instances [Windows/PC]

It seems like there are many people that don´t know how to open 2 or more Diablo instances.
So here´s a little Tutorial

What do you need:
2 or more Battle.Net Accounts
Windows Process Explorer

Step1:
Make a copy of your Diablo Installation folder for each instance you wanna open the same time.
Install Microsoft Process Explorer.


Step2:
Open the first Instance and get Diablo started.

Step3:
Open Windows Process Explorer as Administartor

Step4:
Go to "Find" -> Find Handle Or DLL and type in "Diablo"

Step5:
Look for “\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\DiabloII Check for othzer Instances”, Right Click and Close Handle.

Step6:
Close Battle.Net App/Client, open your copy of D2R and run Launcher.exe

Battle.Net Client will start again und you can log in with your second Account.
For opening more instances you just have to kill the "Check fort Instances" Handle again after each started Instance.

Hope this could help.
Have fun

 

[SumDumGoy]

What is the use purpose of this? I heard there were people running unlimited sessions with creating multiple folders.

 

[MoDw]

What is the use purpose of this? I heard there were people running unlimited sessions with creating multiple folders.

muling your stuff or rushing your own char for example.....
you can run as much sessions as you want/can with this method...only copying the installation folder wont work

 

[SumDumGoy]

do these files need to be installed on the internal SSD? i have my game loaded on an external SSD

 

[MoDw]

do these files need to be installed on the internal SSD? i have my game loaded on an external SSD

no, it doesnt matter where your diablo is installed/copied

 

[borisxv]

Hello,

Will I be able to run multiple bots with this method, or the only way to do that is by VM?

Thanks.

 

[MoDw]

Hello,

Will I be able to run multiple bots with this method, or the only way to do that is by VM?

Thanks.

no,
if you want to run multiple bot instanced you have to use a vm for each bot