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Due to many problems on my system, when I launch a program, it crashes whenever I ALT+TAB out of it. I need to ALT+TAB out in order to launch another necessary program. To try and avert this problem, I created a script to launch the program, and then launch the other program without me having to exit the program.

I thought this would work, but instead of doing what I wanted, it launched both programs, but when the second program launched, it would automatically come into focus, crashing my other program. Basically, I need to know how to launch a program from a batch script in the background, that is to say, without it automatically coming into focus.

Sathyajith Bhat
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  • What are the two programs?? – NetworkKingPin Mar 26 '16 at 23:07
  • I am trying to launch a game and a VoIP Client. I can't exit the game without it crashing. – Matthew Mar 26 '16 at 23:13
  • What happens if you first launch the VoIP client and then the game? – LPChip Mar 26 '16 at 23:15
  • Also, which game is it? Some games have a borderless windowed mode, which looks full-screen but really isnt. Usually the crash is due to the screen resolution changing, and this prevents it. – LPChip Mar 26 '16 at 23:16
  • It is Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. – Matthew Mar 26 '16 at 23:17
  • Ah, I remember that game., It does not have windowed borderless fullscreen mode, and alt-tab is not possible and crashes the game while full screen. Pressing Alt-Enter to go to windowed mode should work though. Once in windowed mode, you should be able to alt-tab out. – LPChip Mar 26 '16 at 23:20
  • Anything interesting in [this thread](http://superuser.com/q/198525/257269)? Ps> Welcome on SuperUser. Take some moment to read [ask]. Try to search if someone else did the same question before... – Hastur Mar 26 '16 at 23:24

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To launch a program in the background add & to the end of the line.

example

watch lessc input.less output.css &;
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    As you can see the tag is Windows-10, i think your answer is more approbate for a Unix based OS than windows – SeanClt Mar 27 '16 at 02:39