Clone any version of AIM as many times as you want. Clone any version of AIM as many times as you want.
UPDATE: This secret may not work with AIM 4.8 or higher. To clone AIM please check out MyIM in our Files section.
To do this trick you will need the following program:
Hex Workshop
Hex Workshop is a "Hex Editor" which is used to view and edit the contents of programs. Using Hex Workshop open up "aim.exe" in the directory which AIM is installed.
1. Use the search feature in Hex Workshop (Ctrl+F) to find the following text string. Be sure to specify that you are searching for a type of Text String: "_Oscar_AppMutex"
2. When you find this text on the right hand side of the screen replace the period at the end with any character or number:
Before: "_Oscar_AppMutex."
After: "_Oscar_AppMutex1"
3. Now save this program as aim2.exe and close Hex Workshop and you can now run aim2.exe additionally to aim.exe.
4. You can do this as many times and save as many separate aim programs as you wish and run them all simultaneously. Create shortcuts and place them wherever you wish to have easy access to these clones.
