yellowalias

Wow, this is great! here's a question: is it possible to get the second program to start with a bit of a delay? thanks, ya EDIT: ok, I am impatient and I managed to find the answer elsewhere. figured i'd leave it here too, in case anybody else is interested. I am using Windows Vista, and this worked for me. I am also using .bat to execute my shortcuts. Lets say I wanted to start yahoo messenger, and ten seconds later to start windows media player. First of all, using notepad, you have to save these commands: @ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 -w 1000 > nul @ping 127.0.0.1 -n %1% -w 1000> nul and call the file WAIT.bat Then you open a new document and input: @echo off start "" "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.ex... CALL WAIT 10 start "" "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" the important part is to write the CALL WAIT 10 (or 15, in your case) in between the two programs. When you save this file, name it whatever you want, just remember to save it as a *.bat this works for me! ~~~~ Another option is to download the windows resource kit that allows you to do the same thing using a sleep command, supposedly it is simpler than doing all the work outlined above. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/