Running Two Different Programs Simutanesly

Need Help With Visual Basic Program.
Does anyone know how to keep a visual basic program responsive to keyboard shortcuts while i use a different program such as Google chrome without using web browser on the visual basic form. I'm trying to hack a online flash game that requires you to log in before playing but switching back and forth between the game and clicking on my program is too bothersome i want to be able to use my program's shortcuts while playing the game.

Learn to HotKey Scrub
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The program, while not focused, still gets cpu time (just like every other process), so it should stay responsive. The fact that it's coded in vb wouldn't have anything to do with responsiveness. Maybe you're causing an infinite loop on your main thread? (the code to GetKeyState() : that loop should be run from it's own thread -- you don't learn about threads until later).