How to Open Multiple Gmail Accounts Simultaneously In Internet Explorer 8
Users who have multiple Gmail accounts surely experience frustration when they need to open their multiple Gmail accounts simultaneously via their Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser. Since IE8 by default is sharing the session cookies (session cookies are temporary cookies that only persist for the lifetime of users’ browsing session) amongst all the Windows and tabs running, when users sign in to their Gmail account via Login A, they can’t open another Windows or tab to enable them to login to their second Gmail account, e.g. Login B. The new Windows or tab will automatically login to the Gmail account via Login A. Similarly, when users log out the account from one of the Windows opened, the other Windows will automatically log to out as well.
To open multiple mail accounts simultaneously, the easiest way of course is to open another browser, say, Firefox or Safari as suggested in our earlier post. Alternately, users can utilize the IE8’s built-in NoMerge feature. Via simple alteration to the default behavior, the nomerge option switch will allow users to open a completely new Windows session without sharing the session cookies. Users can then log in to their multiple Gmail accounts simultaneously without disturbance.
To apply this nomerge option switch, users can try to use the following steps to tweak the IE8 shortcut:
Go to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer. Right Click to the IE8 icon to create an IE8 shortcut at the desktop;
Right click the shortcut and go to Properties;
Append “-nomerge” into the Target field. The complete command becomes: “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -nomerge
With this shortcut created, users can double click the shortcut to login multiple Gmail accounts simultaneously without facing the same problem again.
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September 22nd, 2009 12:43
Not my web site…but I will rep its solidity!! Anyhow, Im gonna try this but it would be nice for MS to make something that just works like its supposed to, and follows its own command line arguements every time they are initiated…Whats up with the blatantr vunerabilty Microsoft?
September 18th, 2009 06:18
I learned about the -nomerge argument at httpwatch.com [1], and found your article while I was trying to discover whether there are more command-line arguments for IE8.
I tried this and it did work, but the article seems to explain that -nomerge does not guaranty the behavior if IE8 judges there to be less than a certain level of resources available.
I wonder if the cool File > New Session menu option works the same way.
Footnotes:
1. http://blog.httpwatch.com/2009/04/07/seven-things-you-should-known-about-ie-8/
(yes, the blog title is grammatically incorrect–good article, though)
September 9th, 2009 02:31
I tried doing exactly as you said…it doesn’t work for me…
July 24th, 2009 12:32
Thank you very much…..
u solved my main problem of the past few years.
I can open 2 different Gmail or yahoo accounts simultaneously with yr instructions.
Thanks a LOT.
July 10th, 2009 19:15
This MS IE 8 technique using “-nomerge” appears to work for individual Gmail accounts, but does not work for Gmail accounts attached to a user’s domain using Google Apps for Your Domain.
This is a major inconvenience, and I have tried many published supposed solutions for this, with no success (or, rather, with variable success as the various browsers, add-ons, and Google Apps change, but currently nothing that works).
Does anyone have any suggestions ?
May 19th, 2009 00:48
Or simply make use of File > New Session.