Can fireworks batch processing work as a background process?

Hi,m
I have a simple problem. Whenever I am batch processing a large number of images (fireworks cs4 windfows 7 64bit) fireworks steals focus every time it starts work on a new image so I can't work on other things while it works. This is frustrating since I am working on a powerful mulkticore computer and need to crack on while fireworks does its thang.
Is there a way to tell fireworks to work in the background and stay quiet until I go back to it?
Jim

You speak of a problem that exists in CS4 and is fixed in CS5. Unfortunately, there is no easy fix for CS4...
1) On Windows XP Professional, if you use a tiny app by Microsoft, called "TweakUI", you can set a setting that is called "Prevents applications from stealing focus". Once the setting is active, Fireworks CS4 (and older versions) cannot steal focus in WinXP, no matter what -- including batch processing.
2) But for Windows 7, there exists no such app, so TweakUI is not an option... You may try a trial of Fireworks CS5 and see if it works better for you; or you can try to find an app, similar to TweakUI, but for Windows 7.
Hope this helps!

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Hoosier_Buddy wrote:
> I have over a 1,000 of photos I want to upload on my
site, and almost all my
> photos have different dimensions. I need my photos to be
425 x 320 pixels. So I
> used FW batch option: "Scale To Fit Area" and set it to
425 x 320 pixels. So
> now half of my photos are maximum of 425 by whatever and
the other half are
> whatever by 320 in height, All I need to know is how to
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> to all of them so all my pictures will be the same
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