I tried a couple of different programs.
Solitaire and VLC opened on top, but MPC opened below the browser window.
It must be a Start Menu bug and/or application dependent.
The Start Menu is twitchy.
On my Main PC the "Start Menu Drag & Drop" works differently to my other PC's "Start Menu Drag & Drop".
Hi,
Yep I only tried notepad file no telling what other program files would do.
All I know is shift while opening something does little towards the question at hand anyway :)
While the Shift key does not seem to work for most of the replies, you can use the Windows key. This will open the Start menu & you can select a program to run, the Start menu will disappear, but press the Windows key again & select the new program & so on.
While this doesn't solve the OP's question is does make it quicker & easier than continually moving the mouse to the Start button etc..
As Thrash said when using the Shift key or just the Start menu the program opens behind the browser window, whereas using the Windows key to open the Start menu the program opens in front of the browser & the last one opened will be on top.
You could consider underclocking your CPU, to a frequency lower than the standard.
Then when you open Start Menu, it might just stay open long enough for you to make multiple clicks, selecting the items of your choice.
Don't know if suggestion would work in practice.
I normally create desktop shortcuts for when I want multiple selections launching together.
Alternatively, could you configure mouse or keyboard custom keys to launch designated items. Or is that going off the question a bit?
You might have to make compromises somewhere, in order to achieve the question.
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