Actually, the 'start all' functions help a lot and I will probably continue to pay the developers to add them for me.
The facs that I start with the 'start all' we have now do not get in my way when I'm loading the others. I set the facility manager options to all facs, all farms, use the 'start all', then set the 'A-Z' function to 'utilization', set the funnel to 'regular' and scroll all the way down to the bottom of the list, where the zeros are. Start clicking in the lower right hand corner and you never have to move your mouse, the facs move under the mouse for you, until you start to get to facs that might be partially full or ones that you have shut off production in.
People need to stop letting the game manipulate them, and start learning how to maniplate the game!