Runmultiple Claude Desktop 인스턴스는 Windows에서 사이드로 설정, 각각 자체 계정, MCP 서버 및 설정 - Claude 배가 아니라 단일 인스턴스 MSIX 앱.

1개의 클릭. 자동 업데이트. 정상적인 설치를 만지지 않습니다.

∅️ GUI 및 자동 업데이트로 1 클릭 앱을 준비하세요?

이 repo는 DIY 스크립트 경로입니다. 동일한 저자는 광택을 내고, ** 무료 ** 앱 Microsoft Store - 대시보드, 컬러 코딩된 인스턴스, 설정 마법사, 인스턴스 업데이트: ** Claude Desktop → Microsoft Store 용 멀티 인스턴스 **

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왜 이 필요

Windows용 Claude Desktop은 MSIX 패키지로 설치됩니다. C:\Program Files\WindowsApps]. 두 가지 문제가 발생합니다. 이름:

1. **Windows 블록 출시 .exe 직접 ** WindowsApps ([T3]]). 그래서 단축 패키징 exe에서 직선 실패.
2. 패키지는 ** 하나의 인스턴스**를 실행하도록 제작되었습니다. 일렉트로닉스 --user-data-dir flag, exe에 도달 할 수 없습니다.

** 수정: ** 일반 폴더에 Claude 복사 outside WindowsApps

Claude Desktop Multi-Instance (Windows)

Run multiple Claude Desktop instances side by side on Windows, each with its own account, MCP servers, and settings — even though Claude ships as a single-instance MSIX app.

One click. Survives auto-updates. Doesn’t touch your normal install.

🛍️ Prefer a 1-click app with a GUI and automatic updates?

This repo is the DIY script route. The same author ships a polished, free app on the Microsoft Store — dashboard, color-coded instances, setup wizard, instance updater: Multi Instance for Claude Desktop → Microsoft Store

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Why this is needed

Claude Desktop for Windows installs as an MSIX package under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps. That causes two problems if you want a second instance:

1. Windows blocks launching the .exe directly from WindowsApps ("Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file"). So shortcuts pointing straight at the packaged exe fail.
2. The package is built to run one instance. Even with Electron’s --user-data-dir flag, you can’t reach the exe to pass it.

The fix: copy Claude to a normal folder outside WindowsApps (C:\ClaudePortable), where Windows allows direct launch, then create one shortcut per instance — each with its own --user-data-dir. Each instance gets a fully isolated profile: separate account, separate MCP servers, separate Cowork/settings.

This is the part most guides miss: on Windows the MSIX exe can’t be launched in place, so you have to run a portable copy. That’s exactly what install.ps1 does, and re-running it picks up Claude’s latest auto-update.

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Quick start

1. Download this repo (green Code button → Download ZIP, then extract). Or git clone https://github.com/radelqui/claude-desktop-multi.
2. Double-click INSTALL.cmd. It asks for Administrator (needed once, to read the protected WindowsApps folder) and sets up 2 extra instances.
3. On your Desktop you’ll now have Claude 2 and Claude 3 shortcuts.

Want a different number? Run from an admin PowerShell:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\install.ps1 -Instances 3

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Logging into different accounts (important!)

The first login of each new instance must be done one at a time, with the other Claude windows closed.

Why: Claude’s login opens your browser and returns to the app via a claude:// link. That link goes to whichever instance is currently open — so if several are open, the login lands on the wrong one and they all end up on the same account.

Do this:

1. Close all Claude Desktop windows (check the system tray ▲ near the clock).
2. Open only Claude 2 → log in (Google sign-in, or email + code — any method works) → finish the login.
3. Open Claude 3 → log in with a different account.