you could create a .bat file,
a simple text file with the full path of each program you want to run,
make it a .bat extension and double click on it like a program.
nice tutorial here:
http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm also, can create ecco 'launch items' for each tool.
then drag (right click drag) the 'button' from top right to create button shortcut for tools.
hope clear to helpful.
Edited:
a text file with:
@start "xxxxx"
...
called yyy.bat
will do the job. xxxx is full path & name of file you want to run,
yyyy is name of the batch file.