How to make a Windows shortcut to open a specific project?

Question

I am evaluating PHPStorm, but I have several different projects.

It seems PHPStorm can only open 1 project in a window?

How can I create various windows shortcuts to indicate the project that PHPStorm opens with?

In Eclipse, I can specify the workspace that should be open, is there an equivalent for this in PHPStorm?

Answer 1

Another solution is to create separate shortcuts for each project. In the target label, put:

"C:\<phpStorm_path>\PhpStorm.exe" C:\project\project-directory 

Also note that this is also related to webStorm.

Answer 2

As others have said, you can create a shortcut that points to the exe that your project follows. In addition to adding one project, you can add several projects, and all of them open when you open this shortcut:

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\WebStorm 10.0\bin\WebStorm64.exe" "D:\code\proj_server" "D:\code\proj_client" 

Answer 3

You are looking for

File> New project from existing files

If you then try to open another project

File> Open Recent

PhpStorm will ask you if you want to open it in this window or in a new window.