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To be honest I didn't know the answer, and there is no /Multi option like in earlier versions of Sametime, fortunately my friend Brett gave me the following solution:

Copy your c:\program files\ibm\sametime connect\ folder to c:\program files\ibm\sametime connect 2\

Edit the sametime.ini as follows:

-data
@user.home/Application Data/Sametime 2
-plugincustomization
plugin_customization.ini
-vm
C:/Program Files/IBM/Sametime Connect 2/jre/bin/sametime75
-vmargs
-Djava.home=C:/Program Files/IBM/Sametime Connect 2/jre
-Djava.library.path=C:/Program Files/IBM/Sametime Connect 2/native
-jcl:max
-Xms12M
-Xgcpolicy:gencon
-Xquickstart
-Xtrace:none
-Xdump:console
-Xint
-Xmn1M
-Dosgi.framework.extensions=com.ibm.jxesupport
-Dibm.jxes.jar2jxeOptions=-nog
-Dosgi.nl=en

Note that I choose to have my two installation use different home directories to store preferences, data etc. using @user.home/Application Data/Sametime 2 line.

This has both advantages and disadvantages over /Multi. The major advantage is I can run several versions on my machine. The disadvantage is that you use a lot more disk space etc.

Thanks Brett!