Hey, Jim.. Are you talking about not wanting to wait for apps that have a long launch time? I've always had pretty good luck launching apps, then going on to whatever I was already working on. Photoshop is an example of an app that takes awhile to launch, compared to others I use...FCP as well... netkat On Nov 2, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Jim Freeman wrote: > Is there a way to start an app in the background, either from the > dock or from LaunchBar? Sometimes I want to start an app, but keep > working on something else until it is fully launched? > > Thanks, > > Jim