Probably something simple I have missed or maybe this is just how it is... but I don't like that every time sleep.exe is loaded it loads in the foreground covering most everything until it disappears... is there any way to change this so it loads silently in the background or minimized or something? Any help is greatly appreciated!

_benjammin

I am very sure there is but the solution eludes me at the moment

Maybe AutoIt's @SW_HIDE macro could do the job. Something like:

Run( @ScriptDir & '\sleep.exe', , @SW_HIDE )

Compile it in the same directory as 'sleep.exe' and call it as 'sleepy.exe' or something. I'm never averse to doing it the hard way, and it might work.