Windows startup script to delay the loading of non-critical programs

delayed-startup.bat

@echo off
title michael@pumbaa
echo  _____ ______   ___       __   ___  ___       ________  _____ ______   ________  ________      
echo ^|^\   _ \  _   \^|^\  \     ^|^\  \^|^\  \^|^\  \     ^|^\   ___ \^|^\   _ \  _   \^|^\   __  \^|^\   ___  \    
echo \ \  \\\__\ \  \ \  \    \ \  \ \  \ \  \    \ \  \_^|^\ \ \  \\\__\ \  \ \  \^|^\  \ \  \\ \  \   
echo  \ \  \\^|__^| ^\  \ \  \  __\ \  \ \  \ \  \    \ \  \ \\ \ \  \\^|__^| ^\  \ \   __  \ \  \\ \  \  
echo   \ \  \    \ \  \ \  \^|^\__\_\  \ \  \ \  \____\ \  \_\\ \ \  \    \ \  \ \  \ \  \ \  \\ \  \ 
echo    \ \__\    \ \__\ \____________\ \__\ \_______\ \_______\ \__\    \ \__\ \__\ \__\ \__\\ \__\
echo     \^|__^|     ^\^|__^|^\^|____________^|^\^|__^|^\^|_______^|^\^|_______^|^\^|__^|     ^\^|__^|^\^|__^|^\^|__^|^\^|__^| ^\^|__^|
echo.
echo                          Welcome home. In your absence, you were missed.
echo                    Now that you have returned, though, things they are alright.
echo                                    Let us begin living again.
echo.
pause
start "" "C:\Users\Michael\Documents\ahk-script\mwil.ahk"
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net Launcher.exe" --autostarted
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /open michael@ds01 /keepuptodate
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe"
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"