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[Chimaera]

Hi there - I'm looking for a program that will basically act as the login items for my laptop

My reasoning is this - at work I use a particular set of programs, while at home I always use a different set (obviously theres some overlap).

So what I want is a program that will let me create a list called 'work' which will, for example load up the programs I need in the way I want them to, ie hidden (for iCal) or not (Mail) which will then give me an icon I can put in the dock to execute, but also let me specify a seperate list called 'home' with all the apps I want to load from startup there - then I can bin the login items contents, and on startup simply double click on one ico to load p all the programs I want to use depending on where I am.

Yes I know I could simply create a new account, but I don't want to :)

[shakespeare]

It seems like Apple Script is what you need. Download the new cocoa version, if you don't have it already, read the documentation, create a script that opens the applications you need, compile the script, and make it a login item. You should be all set.

If you have questions along the way, keep posting to this thread, and we'll help you out.