New instance of SabNZBD opened with every nzb file

[fusen]

I had 0.5 installed but upgraded to 0.5.2 using the old config file, but then deleted the old config file and let the wizard create a new one located on Local Data\Local Settings\

But the problem I'm having is everytime I either select the 'open with sabnzbd' option or download a .nzb file and double click it, SabNZB will create a new process using a randomly chosen port number instead of the one in the config file as a sab process will already be using that port.

Is there any way to overcome this so all nzbd files are downloaded in just one sab process?

[shypike]

Did you use the -f parameter before?
Open a command prompt and type:

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ftype Nzb.File

What do you get?

[fusen]

that exact line given didn't work as it didn't detect the filetype,

I went through the control panel>folder options and this is what is set for NZB files;

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"C:\sabnzbd\SABnzbd.exe" "%1"

[shypike]

Is that the same way you normally start SABnzbd?
I mean, just using "c:\sabnzbd\SABnzbd.exe" without any parameters?
Do you start it under the same user account as you are normally logged in with?

[fusen]

Yes and yes, it was installed using the normal installer with empty config file, so default behaviour. and only one user account is used.

[shypike]

I give up.
For some reason the second instance cannot find the first instance.
You may have to resort to a simpler method, described here:
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/howto-associate