WRT two instances with the same state file: Slick always complains about the state file being locked and it can't write to it.
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SlickEdit Pro
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Failed to save configuration to 'C:\Users\joe\Documents\Slickedit\24.0.0\vslick.sta'.
Access denied
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OK
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SlickEdit Pro
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Unable to save the configuration
Do you want to correct the problem and try again?
If you can't correct the problem, your configuration changes will be lost.
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&Yes &No
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