# Having two Bisq installations

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/having-two-bisq-installations/11617>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 10, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/having-two-bisq-installations/11617 "2022-07-10T15:59:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Droidus](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/droidus/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Droidus](https://bisq.community/u/Droidus)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/having-two-bisq-installations/11617/1 "2022-07-10T15:59:25Z")

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As the title says; is there going to be a problem in case I decide to have two separate Bisq installations, on the same drive but with a different datadir path?  
Obviously without ever running them in parallel.

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/having-two-bisq-installations/11617/2 "2022-07-10T16:59:35Z")

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You can even run them in parallel as long as your RAM can make it work because they will use different user data like wallets, accounts and trades.  
Use the option `--appName=Bisq2` to start a new instance.

- Name of the new directory doesn’t matter. `Bisq2` was used above as an example, but you can call it whatever you like, since it’s just a temporary placeholder. You’ll be changing it back to “Bisq” anyway.

[Source](https://bisq.wiki/Switching_to_a_new_data_directory)

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**Author:** ![Droidus](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/droidus/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Droidus](https://bisq.community/u/Droidus)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/having-two-bisq-installations/11617/3 "2022-07-10T18:22:27Z")

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Awesome. I see that it created a new datadir named after the appName I provided.  
But what do you mean it’s just a temporary placeholder?  
Now every time I want to access “Bisq2” instance and all its saved prefs I always have to run it with that specific appName, correct?

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/having-two-bisq-installations/11617/4 "2022-07-11T11:53:09Z")

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Yes.  
If you change the folder name to `Bisqtest`, to retrieve that instance, just start `--appName=Bisqtest`. Bisq is the default, used if no _–appName_ option is provided and it creates a new Bisq instance if there’s none yet.