On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:16:36 +1300, you wrote: > > Ah ha! Ctrl-Esc is what I needed. I have been using Alt-Tab, but I > needed a way to start programs too. Thank you. the problem is alt-tab doesn't work until there is another window to switch to.