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Troubleshooting: How to run additional instances & Steam auth

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Troubleshooting.md

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- Using Internet Explorer. IE is [known](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2011/07/13/understanding-protocols/) to be broken. Please (temporarily) set your default browser to Edge, Chrome or Firefox and retry. - Using Internet Explorer. IE is [known](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2011/07/13/understanding-protocols/) to be broken. Please (temporarily) set your default browser to Edge, Chrome or Firefox and retry.
- The Frontier authentication website is confused - see [Error: An error occured](#error-an-error-occured). - The Frontier authentication website is confused - see [Error: An error occured](#error-an-error-occured).
- Entering credentials for a different Cmdr - see [Error: Wrong Cmdr](#error-wrong-cmdr). - Entering credentials for a different Cmdr - see [Error: Wrong Cmdr](#error-wrong-cmdr).
- Entering Steam credentials instead of Frontier credentials - see [Error: User not found](#error-user-not-found). - Entering Steam credentials instead of Frontier credentials. If you want
to use Steam authentication then select that button on the Frontier
Authentication web page this application opens - see [Error: User not found](#error-user-not-found).
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## Error: User not found ## Error: User not found
Your Steam account may not be linked to your Frontier account (you can check whether you have any external accounts linked on the [Frontier store](https://www.frontierstore.net/frontier_partnerkeys/)). Your Steam account may not be linked to your Frontier account (you can check whether you have any external accounts linked on the [Frontier store](https://www.frontierstore.net/frontier_partnerkeys/)).
Please enter your Frontier credentials into the authentication website, not your Steam credentials.
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## I run two instances of E:D simultaneously, but I can't run two instances of EDMC ## I run two instances of E:D simultaneously, but I can't run two instances of EDMC
**NB: This documentation appears to be in error. The second instance This application supports this scenario if you run the second instance of ED
via `runas` will detect the already running EDMarketConnector.exe in the in a *different* user account - e.g. using `runas` on Windows. Run the second
'default' user (that you're logged in as) and thus not run. We'll instance of this application in the same user account as the second
investigate changing the check to take different users into account.** instance of ED:
In the meantime you could investigate [Running from Source](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki/Running-from-source) `runas /user:<USER> "\"c:\Program Files (x86)\EDMarketConnector\EDMarketConnector.exe\" --force-localserver-for-auth"`
for additional copies, as that will not perform the EDMarketConnector.exe
process check.
EDMC supports this scenario if you run the second instance of E:D in a (Obviously adjust the path if you have the application installed elsewhere.)
*different* user account - e.g. using `runas` on Windows. Run the second
instance of EDMC in the same user account as the second instance of E:D.
EDMC doesn't support running two instances of E:D in the *same* user The `--force-localserver-for-auth` flag is necessary to ensure the callback
account. EDMC will only respond to the instance of E:D that you ran last. from Frontier Authentication reaches the correct instance of this application.
This application doesn't support running two instances of ED in the *same*
user account. The application will only respond to the instance of ED that
you ran last, because its Journal file will then be the most recent.
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