Alt + tab no longer switches to last window in Windows 11

Anonymous
2023-08-25T00:15:33+00:00

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?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T05:17:04+00:00

    hello,

    I have purchase a new laptop of HP. software window 11.

    I face a problem of "alt tab" option. not coming last window.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T09:06:45+00:00

    Just UPGRADE it to windows 10. windows 11 is a downgrade.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-24T21:49:04+00:00

    Which planning committee at Microsoft comes up with these genius ways to cause agony for users, pray tell. They have a special place in hell. They have adopted the worst customer UI approaches of Apple, of making random changes and forcing users to adapt every release. What happened to all the wise people at MS that created the most innovative and ubiquitous software known to humankind, why is the current lot creating the most thoughtless, head scratching, totally unintuitive changes to functionality instead of making it more user friendly.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-07T07:30:21+00:00

    It is hard to stay calm

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-21T23:39:46+00:00

    Yeah this change was frustrating, users should have to turn it on themselves and not have it automatically applied. I dare say most would not want it as they have been using it to change windows, not tabs, for MANY years!!!!

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