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A "fake" front end
Brad Lee:
One thing you could try if you're only switching between 2 applications would be to write a simple batch file.
:start
app1.exe
app2.exe
goto start
Put this in your startup folder, and when you start windows it will start the first application. When you exit that, it'll launch the second. When you exit that, it'll hitthe goto and then loop around to start application 1 again.
Ideally to make this look best, youd be able to exit both aplications the same way, say with an [esc] button or something
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Brad Lee on June 14, 2004, 03:58:31 pm ---One thing you could try if you're only switching between 2 applications would be to write a simple batch file.
:start
app1.exe
app2.exe
goto start
Put this in your startup folder, and when you start windows it will start the first application. When you exit that, it'll launch the second. When you exit that, it'll hitthe goto and then loop around to start application 1 again.
Ideally to make this look best, youd be able to exit both aplications the same way, say with an [esc] button or something
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He wants to be able to choose between App1 and App2, not have always App1 then App2.
Now that I think about it, there was an old DOS program called MenuWorks (I Think) that would have no problem with this. I probably have it if you want it and can't find it on some abandonware site.