Autostart Apps in order - Windows Vista

Autostart Apps in order - Windows Vista Is there some way to autostart apps in Vista so you can control which one is started first, second, third etc. For example if I want to start Outlook, Visual Studio, Dreamweaver, IE, Firefox in that order, and to have them appear in the taskbar like that.
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Guest [Entry]

"I believe that there is not really an easy way to launch in order other than creating a batch file that launches them in sequence with a wait in between. If you just launch, you would have a problem as it does not go to the next without the first one closing.

Your best bet is probably to download Autoruns, and place your applications in different sections of start, as naturally a few sections here get processed before others."

Guest [Entry]

"If your point is to have the taskbar buttons in a specific order, you can use Taskbar Shuffle to move them to the desired position on the taskbar.

It also allows changing the position of icons in the notification area (also wrongly known as the System Tray).

Features:

Full 32-bit and 64-bit support
Reorder your taskbar buttons by
dragging and dropping them
Reorder
your tray icons in the same way
Reorder tasks in a grouped button's
popup menu in the same way
Middle-click to close programs on
your taskbar
Works with UltraMon
(version 3+ only) taskbars
Tweak
taskbar button grouping"