Start a bunch of programs in Windows in a given order

Question

Each time I start working on my PC, I have a bunch of programs I have to start, some of which depends upon others. I've tried to list them with their dependencies

• Keepass
  • TrueCrypt
    • foobar2000 (read MP3 from a Truecrypt encoded volume which password is stored in Keepass)
  • Chrome (to access my company mail, using a password stored in KeePass)
• Opera
• Firefox
• a PowerShell script used to start a glassfish domain
• Eclipse (run as admin user)
• FlashBuilder (run as admin user)

Is there any utility program that would allow me to sequence that launches in an "easy" way, that would let my compputer do all that while I'm waking up ?

Notice my computer runs Windows 7, and my user account is automatically logged in.

EDIT It seems I forgot to mention i don"'t want to write scripts in any form. What I want is a simple GUI, allowing me to select elements from my start menu, and add them to a kind of "delayed start items".

Answer 1

What you can do, is in the .bat or .cmd file, type the following:

    @echo <OFF or ON>

    timeout /t <time in seconds>
    start "" "<path to first file or application>"

    timeout /t <time in seconds>
    start "" "<path to second file or application>"

Note, that the total timeout for the second (and subsequent applications) is the sum of the former ones - if you for instance have 4 items you want opened, and the timeout for the first one is set to 10 seconds, the timeout for the second one is set as 20 seconds, and the timeout for the third is set to be 30 seconds - the fourth application or file will take a minute + whatever you set as the timeout.

Answer 2

Using Batch file, you can do it.

Assume your batch file is "autoRun.bat", place this file in startup folder.

Open batch file in a notepad, write CMD commands in your respective order

Example:

ECHO OFF
cls
start notepad.exe
pause

In other way round, just copy the shortcut of the Program/App and drop it into the Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Folder. You will get the program icon at the system tray, indicating that the program is indeed running. To remove, go back to that folder and delete. Note that only the shortcut is involved.

Here place all the shortcut icons in the order, what you are looking for then it will run in the same order.

Some similar example: Create a batch file in Windows to start multiple applications