Start another app in back

Is it possible to open another app without losing focus of the current foreground app? I have a program that will open another app and test something on it then close it, and reopen it again and repeat. Can this be all done in the back while i am typing away on another app in the foreground without getting interrupted by the new app opening and changing focus?

i dont want the new app open minimized or anything, just quietly open in the background.

I tried using process startinfo.windowstyle and that doesnt help much.

You would want to use the backgroundworker to open the other process away from the ui thread.

Simple...

vb.net Code:

Shell("C:\Example.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus)

That still seem to come to the front and it gives an error when i try to open a shortcut .lnk file

backgroundworker doesnt have anything to do with openning app as background window without taking focus.

You must use the .exe file, .ink's dont work and also appwinstyle.minizednofocus might work

You could always play around with the TopMost property of the form. Something simple would be:

Set TopMost to True, Launch new app, set TopMost to False.

i need lnk to work thats why i tried process.start

Hmm
you could try opening the ink file, get the filelocation of that, then use the string in a Shell() command?