Can you open multiple instances of Photoshop?

I'd like to separate jobs by opening multiple instances of photoshop so I can keep them apart for organizational purposes. I work on many projects at once, so this action would be useful to me. Any advice?

Unfortumately running multiple PS's won't work. Photoshop will simply
front the first copy of Photoshop if you try to start two copies.
You can run Elements and Photoshop at the same time, if that's of any use
to you.

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