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   Lynsey Doyle to All   
   Re: Frustrating occurrence with XP   
   18 Mar 11 19:08:36   
   
   be5da194   
   From: blackhole@3rdleft.com   
      
   "daviddschool"  a écrit dans le message de   
   groupe de discussion :   
   a779a1f0-4416-4644-97ae-d1f4adf01a60@v16g2000vbq.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Mar 18, 1:27 pm, Nil  wrote:   
   >> On 18 Mar 2011, daviddschool  wrote in   
   >> alt.os.windows-xp:   
   >>   
   >> > If I am working on something and want another program   
   >> > to open up in the background, I don't want the new program to pop   
   >> > up   
   >> > and interrupt what I am doing!  IS there a way of stopping this   
   >> > with   
   >> > WinXP?   
   >>   
   >> Change the shortcut's properties to have it Run Minimized.   
   >   
   > I understand what you mean, but I am talking mainly about working on   
   > an item and suddenly, the program I ran in the background starts up   
   > and comes completely over the program I am presently working on.  I   
   > don't always want the programs to start up minimized, but I would like   
   > Windows to recognize that when I am working on something, all other   
   > programs should be open in the background until I am ready to use   
   > them, not pop-up over the work I am presently on.  Any ideas on this?>   
      
   Isn't there a setting "always on top" somewhere?   
      
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