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   From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 18 Mar 2011, daviddschool  wrote in   
   alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   > 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?>   
      
   Well, I don't find any programs starting up by themselves at random, so   
   I guess I can't picture your scenario. In any case, I'm sure there's   
   nothing built into Windows that will do what you ask. Seems to me it   
   would be a function of the application, not the OS.   
      
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