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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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The "Multitasking" option of "System" is not within the left panel. It's the eighth-from-the-top selection on the right-side of the options on the "System" screen. There currently is no "Alt + Tab" on the resulting right panel of the "Multitasking" options. There is now a "show tabs from apps when snapping or pressing alt-tab" dropdown selection, with no option called "Open Windows."
thanks - it doesn't work for me but I agree, this is an issue with some apps and not all. The ones that don't seem to work are Excel and Powerpoint, both of course Microsoft apps!! The others seem to work normally. Excel and Powerpoint seem to live right at the end of the list.
For me, most of the windows can alt-tab back and forth just fine.
But somehow this is not the case for Excel.
When I tried to alt-tab between Excel and another window, it would switch alt-tab between the 1st & 2nd prior windows that I clicked and not the Excel sheet.
I accidentally found a quick temp fix for this.
I minimized the excel that I was working on and opened it again and found alt-tab is stuck to Excel itself.
I then open the window that I want to alt-tab between by clicking on the task bar.
This allowed me to continue alt-tab between my excel and the program that want to alt-tab with.
Not sure if this would work for anyone else but just thought I would share.
No Option for ' Open Windows'..
The link might be long, but they dont offer a share reply option. Please see 942862b9-8946-4572-8044-a3b918357b0f (1904×436) and "You need to select 'Don't show tabs' in 'Multitasking'. As pictured."
