Manually force a program to open in the background?


Titanonectes

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This is specifically for Adobe Acrobat, but I figure that a way to force it for ~any~ program could come in handy for future cases.

I do research and like Acrobat's ability to restore documents from previous session automatically, not unlike having a browser restore closed tabs. However, unlike a browser, Adobe *forces* itself to be focused every time each document is loaded, drawing over other programs and interrupting typing tasks. It would do wonders for me if I can figure out a way to force it to open and load documents in the background. Almost any approach is fair game.
 
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This is specifically for Adobe Acrobat, but I figure that a way to force it for ~any~ program could come in handy for future cases.

I do research and like Acrobat's ability to restore documents from previous session automatically, not unlike having a browser restore closed tabs. However, unlike a browser, Adobe *forces* itself to be focused every time each document is loaded, drawing over other programs and interrupting typing tasks. It would do wonders for me if I can figure out a way to force it to open and load documents in the background. Almost any approach is fair game.
well i found the reg keys to open it maximized but have yet to find how to force it minimized. i can write an ahk and compile it to exe and you can set that as the 'default program' to open your pdf files with... where is the installed exe for your adobe located? the path to the actual program's exe

btw, if you want this:
make adobe alwasy open maximized:
HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobt\DC\ExitSection
bLastExitNormal = 1

HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\SDI
bMaximizeNextDocument = 1
bNullDocMaximized = 1
 

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