#71 Group/Launch apps in one button

[John Potelle]

Very interesting launcher. I would like to make one button to represent a group of apps. For example, when I play a game I also need several third-party apps. I always want to launch them together. I would like this under one button, and also to control the order of launching (e.g. tools first, the game last). Thanks for considering!

[John Lee]

Try using a batch file? it would allow you to control which app to load first in case sequence matters & to pause via sleep in between loading etc.

[madproton]

Hi,

Option A.
You can use a batch file like the one below…
start "" "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe"&
timeout /t 6
start "" notepad

OR

Option B.
Configure a button in MaxLauncher…
Name: Running Two Programs
Target: cmd
Arguments: /c "start "" "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe"&timeout /t 6&start "" notepad"

/C - Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
& - separates commands
start – starts the program as a detached process
“” after start – title of the process being run (seems to be required)
Timeout /t 6 – sleeps for 6 seconds. Unfortunately, this creates a command window and remains until the timeout expires.

I’m not sure if the above will work in your case because I don’t know how each program behaves. If the 2nd/3rd programs depends on a service that the 1st program provides then a script or maybe a program needs to written.

Please try and let me know…

Thanks.

Roberto

From: John Lee
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2019 11:20 AM
To: [maxlauncher:feature-requests]
Subject: [maxlauncher:feature-requests] #71 Group/Launch apps in one button

Try using a batch file? it would allow you to control which app to load first in case sequence matters & to pause via sleep in between loading etc.

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[feature-requests:#71] Group/Launch apps in one button

Status: open
Milestone: Next Release
Created: Mon Jan 28, 2019 07:27 PM UTC by John Potelle
Last Updated: Mon Jan 28, 2019 07:27 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

Very interesting launcher. I would like to make one button to represent a group of apps. For example, when I play a game I also need several third-party apps. I always want to launch them together. I would like this under one button, and also to control the order of launching (e.g. tools first, the game last). Thanks for considering!

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