Windows not coming to the front

Anonymous
2015-02-24T16:02:00+00:00

Recently, when I click on a running program in the taskbar, it is anyones guess if it will come to the front.  Google chrome behind Blizzard desktop launcher, neither clicking on the program in the taskbar nor clicking on the parts of the window visible to the side of the launcher bring it to the top.  Malwarebytes window open, world of warcraft on top of it, click it and it won't come to the front for several clicks.  Once it is on front, now clicking on wow wont bring wow to the front.  GOM media player, 3 windows open, click torrent client, comes to the front on top of 2 out of three of the gom windows.  Windows explorer windows open browsing files, bring chrome to the front on top of it, clicking explorer in the taskbar will not bring it to the front.  It seems to be totally random.  I ran malwarebytes and got rid of some adware, and for a minute it seemed like that had fixed it.  An hour later and it is happening again.  Spotify on top of file folder window, clicking explorer does not come to the front.

Any help?

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Anonymous
2016-01-02T09:36:13+00:00

I had same problem under windows 10 x64

Tried scf/scannow but no results, the below link solved the problem(although SCF showed corrupted files) 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-windows\_programs/newly-opened-programemail-does-not-open-in-front/fe587f90-5815-4d4a-81b5-55325019af1d

1.      Go to start and type regedit.exe.

2.      Navigate to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.

3.      Double click the 'ForegroundLockTimeout' key. Change the notation to decimal.

4.      The default value should be 200000 millisecond in decimal, or 200 seconds. Click OK.

5.      Restart your computer and check if the issue persists.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-06T03:43:46+00:00

    I know how to take a screenshot. There is no way to take a screenshot of windows not coming to the forefront. I click on the window and it does not come to the front of other windows. There is no message that appears. There is no way to take a screenshot of this.

    Please read the comment throughly before making suggestions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-03T14:22:21+00:00

    Hi Valerie,

    To understand the issue better, can you please send us a screen shot. To attach a screen shot, please follow the steps mentioned in the below link:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows\_other-windows\_programs/how-to-include-a-screenshot-in-your-post/2594b08e-32a3-476a-85a6-b021181be7e4

    Please revert with the requested information. We will be more than happy to help you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-28T15:59:06+00:00

    Um, Microsoft Support replying "thanks, glad it worked", when about 80% of the replies here say it did not work? I think a better response and remedy is needed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-03-17T08:16:45+00:00

    Hi,

    I appreciate the response and keeping the status updated.

    This issue might occur if there are system corruptions on the computer.

    I suggest you to run SFC scan on the computer. System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

    Please follow the below link to know how to perform a SFC scan on the computer.

    http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

    Reply with the results. I will be glad to help you further.

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