>>So my way of thinking is that it would great if there was a program that
monitored file sharing and ONCE it starts, it would run the list of
programs attached to it and quit itself. Any ideas on how to do this?<<

Maybe you could put an aplescript in the startup folder that start your
programs after a 2 minute delay.

I wish I knew how to do that, or to run an applescript at a specified time of
day!

Bruce Moore