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Jaruzel
The downside of the code presented in the link, is that the batch script will execute way faster than the apps can launch and will cause disk thrashing which slows everything down. To combat this, I add a 'ping' entry to any app launching script that I put in a machines Startup folder:

  REM Launch Outlook
  start "<path-to-outlook>\OUTLOOK.EXE"
  REM Wait a couple of seconds
  ping -n 2 localhost >nul: 
  REM Launch Firefox
  start "<path-to-firefox>\FIREFOX.EXE"
lokarda
Thanks for your reply: i didn't had this problem with the script, maybe because i got a lot of RAM ? Obviously if you got 2GB and start 6 apps with the script your PC will crash. i'll improve my script with your help thanks.