Running 2 instances of Bitcoin-QT (2 wallets)

[omgitsmehehe]

I want to be able to run two wallets so I can keep track of my investment and my short term buying and selling.

Is there any specific procedure for doing this or is it even possible?

[Evolyn]

you can easily run as many instances as you want, a quick way is to just create a link for every instance that includes following parameters:

bitcoin-qt -conf=wallet1.conf -datadir=/whatever/wallet1

each instance should have set different ports in the config file (or you pass the port as startup parameter -port=xxxx, no need for config file if u dont wanna change other settings)

for more informations about config file and parameters: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

advantage: running as many instances, even different versions of qt at same time

downside: every instance downloads an extra blockchain, no problem if you have alot of disk space