Windoze wrote:

>
> Malke Wrote:
>> Windoze wrote:
>> It depends on how the application was coded.
>>
>
>
> All I want to do is have the file (any file) open when I double click
> on it, even if the application (any application) is minimized. This
> occurs naturally in Mac OS X (and all previous OSs on the Mac side)
> but I can't seem to get it working in Windoesn't XP.
>
> Apparently there is something known as "stealing focus" that I need to
> force upon all applications if I double click a file for that
> application. Why on earth wouldn't Windows open a file that you
> double
> click? It's obvious that I want it to open, and be useable, the
> second I double-click it, isn't it?
>
>
> The time that Windows wastes is soooooo frustrating. Any speed gains
> that PC hardware may have over Mac hardware is forfeited by Windows
> lack of productivity.
>
> Any help, if it is even possible, would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I don't know the answer to your question. I do know that some programs
will open a second instance of themselves when a file is clicked and
some won't. For instance, Firefox will open another in another window
on another desktop for me. KNode will not but will just fail. So I
really think the ability to do what you want doesn't have to do with
the operating system but rather with the coding of the individual
programs.

If you are posting just to bitch about Windows, then go to one of the
advocacy groups. Otherwise, you can check out tweaks by MVP Kelly
Theriot regarding application focus here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

Malke
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