From: "Gary Britt" 

The autohotkey macro program I mentioned allows you to compile the macro
script into a .exe file.  You could then create a window's shortcut that
runs the autohotkey compiled macro.  This would work across all machines as
long as the program/explorer window you wanted to activate and give focus
had the same name or nearly the same name on all machines.  Both the
autohotkey macro program and compiled scripts, etc. are free and freely
distributable.  No fees, etc.

I've never used it yet, but I've downloaded it and looked at the
documentation.  For a programmer it would be easy to use, I would think.
You can get autohotkey at http://www.autohotkey.com/

Another free program I have which is a win32 program that runs on NT/2K/XP
(maybe 98/ME but not sure) and runs as a console app, but has the ability
to bring any window to the top and give it focus (among several other
things) is cmdow and it can be downloaded at
http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/index.html

Both autohotkey and cmdow are still under current and ongoing development.

Either one could be setup to work across a variety of machines.

Gary


"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:42b051ab{at}w3.nls.net...
> Thanks, Gary, but I have to use this across a range of machines, most of
them
> not mine.
>
> I could use Alt-TAB one way, then navigate with the arrow keys, and Win-D
to
> close all and return focus to the desktop.
>
> Or I could continue to use the mouse, admitting defeat, which is what I
think
> I'll do.
>

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