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Running multiple instances of Charles

If you need to run multiple instances of Charles on a single Windows machine, such as in a Citrix environment, you need to make a few changes to how you use Charles.

In the Charles folder in Program Files, edit the Charles.ini file and remove the "single.instance=dde" line, then save the Charles.ini file.

Each user will need to configure Charles to use a different port. I suggest setting Charles to use a dynamic port.

If you need to run multiple instances of Charles as the same user you need to use a command-line option to direct Charles to use a different config file.