New Launch Locations

[JamesEMarks]

Windows XP Pro 32 / Windows 7

Problem:

new app/window (IE8 or new IE8 window, MSWord, Escel...) take over the desktop, again and again, while you're trying to continue work with the original app.

Examples: Working in one app, open a new app; start a new process; or request an IE8 website (via keyboard shortcut, Task bar, or a clicking a hyperlink in the app you're using)

Goal: be able to Keep working uninterrupted using one app while any other launches/opens and gets itself sorted out in the background.

(Variation) It would be nice to make the launch location optional, e.g. via right-click menu option?.

Primary Solution: A registry setting?

All responses appreciated..;