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Feature: Switch to single instance with multi-windowing support
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Description
### What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?
Currently, each instance of Files only supports a single main window (in `App.Window`), and tab tear-off is implemented by starting a new instance through URI activation. Allowing multiple windows will make this faster and more lightweight and opens the door to having only one instance of Files running at a time (like explorer).
### Requirements
- This proposal will allow a single app instance to have multiple main windows.
### Files Version
2.5.1.0
### Windows Version
10.0.25387.1200
### Comments
This will be a very large effort
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