From: blackhole@3rdleft.com   
      
   "Sjouke Burry"  a écrit dans le   
   message de groupe de discussion :   
   4d83a94d$0$8923$703f8584@textnews.kpn.nl...   
   > daviddschool wrote:   
   >> 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?>   
   >   
   > Add a telepathic interface so the   
   > computer knows what you are about to do.   
   > (patent pending).   
      
   Any chance of buying shares in your (future) business. Don't bother   
   replying, a brain message will do ;-)   
      
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