If you do a task which requires you to have several programs open, a time saving thing you can do is create a batch script to open these programs and/or files at once. This is accomplished by using the START command. Using the syntax:
START /D “path_to_program” program_name
For example, to open both Firefox and IE, the batch file would look like this:
START /D “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer” iexplore.exe
START /D “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox” firefox.exe
Just save the above text into a batch file named Browsers.bat and then run it. You will see both Firefox and IE are launched. This is just a simple example, so you would want to configure the programs to be what you need.
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