VB Script newbie question

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Hi, I am trying to learn a little about VB and VB Script for work. I thought I'd start off by writing a startup script that started the programs I run when windows starts, in the order I wanted, and with a pause in between of a predetermined time. I know it's not much, but I figure I'd start with my pet peeve. I like starting my 4 work programs in a particular order, and one of them needs time to enter a password so you can't just do it with a batch file (no Wait function that I know of). I've looked for syntax references on the web, but there's so much out there that it's hard to weed out the simple stuff. Thanks for any help.