Windows 11--most recently opened Explorer window keeps popping up into the foreground

Anonymous
2023-01-01T17:15:47+00:00

About a month ago Windows Explorer started the annoying habit of routinely moving its most recently opened window into the foreground. Is there a way to stop it from doing this?

For example, I'll open an Explorer window to open a file into another application, and a few minutes later, for no apparent reason, Windows Explorer will interrupt the application by popping its Explorer window into the foreground. The same thing will happen when watching a video: a minute or two into watching the video and the most recently opened Explorer window will move into the foreground interrupting the video.

The only way to stop this behavior is to close all Explorer windows while watching a video or working in another application. Annoying as heck. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Microsoft Windows 11 Home Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T23:17:06+00:00

    I meant 23H2.

    If your Windows Settings System About, says version 23H2, then it might be fixed. If it doesn't say 23H2, then you might need to wait until you get that to get the fix.

    Note: Even though the Windows Insiders got a fix in the Dev Channel, I'm no longer sure if 23H2 got the fix or not. But it was released a few days ago.

    Make sure "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available" is turned on, and if there's no hardware blocks, I think you should get 23H2 to test it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T21:31:34+00:00

    I was expecting the fix in the 2023H2 release.

    Is anyone on 2023H2 still having the problem?

    I don't know what 2023H2 is, however, in my record of installed Windows 11 updates the latest is KB5031455 installed on October 27, 2023.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T19:07:47+00:00

    I was expecting the fix in the 2023H2 release.

    Is anyone on 2023H2 still having the problem?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T18:52:09+00:00

    Yep, the issue has been reported to Microsoft via proper channels by myself and others, yet Microsoft has yet to publicly acknowledge the issue, much less offer a fix.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-01T13:28:59+00:00

    I believe this has been submitted via the proper channels, numerous times (see prior posts)...

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