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Alt + tab no longer switches to last window in Windows 11
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Anonymous
Hi all,
One of the most useful shortcuts I use all the time is not working for me on my new laptop with Windows 11. I used to use ALT + TAB to switch between the current window and the last window I used. Now if I use it it switches between the current window and the first open window (not the most recent). How can I get it so it switches between the two most recently used?
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2024-11-25T02:47:53+00:00 How's the above now, Josh? I edited to add image, there must have been an upload issue before I apologise.
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2024-11-25T02:02:50+00:00 no picture showing.
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Anonymous
2024-11-24T22:11:19+00:00 You need to select 'Don't show tabs' in 'Multitasking'. As pictured.
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Anonymous
2024-11-16T18:48:42+00:00 This does not work on my windows 11 box. With "Don't show tabs", pressing ALT-TAB briefly shows open windows, but does not switch between them.
It's not transitive, pressing once sometimes switches, but pressing again does not switch back.
So I do ALT+TAB to switch to my text editor. Then to switch back to the other app I have to press ALT+TAB+TAB.
Quickly pressing ALT+TAB does nothing! It's very inconsistent behavior. Between chrome and VS Code, ALT+TAB seems to switch. But between Lightroom and VS Code, it does not.
Please fix your software Microsoft!