How to run VI in new thread

How can I run my labVIEW VI in a new thread without having to restart LabVIEW every time before I run?

You can also load the VI through the VI Server. Since the data flow is avoided, and the VI is essentially loaded as external code, it gets it's own thread as far as I know.
When doing this, setting the Property "Wait until finished" to false is quite useful too.
Hope this helps.
Using LV 6.1 and 8.2.1 on W2k (SP4) and WXP (SP2)
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