Windows Home Server Launchpad - Open Minimized

I’ve created a VBScript to automatically Start and then Minimize Launchpad.

1. First, turn off Launchpad’s automatic start up at boot :Launchpad -> Settings -> Start Up option -> Uncheck “Automatically run the Launchpad when I log on to Windows”
2. Using Notepad, save the code below as Launchpad.vbs,  adding it to the Programs\Startup folder:
   Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   objShell.CurrentDirectory = "C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\"
   objShell.Exec "C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad.exe"
   Do Until Success = True
   Wscript.Sleep 1000
   Success = objShell.AppActivate("Windows Home Server 2011 Launchpad")
   Loop
   Do Until Success = False
   objShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"
   Wscript.Sleep 1000
   Success = objShell.AppActivate("Windows Home Server 2011 Launchpad")
   Loop

The script has been tested with Windows XP and Windows 7 x64.

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