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

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-22T17:42:36+00:00

    Update after update, yet this bug remains unfixed.

    I'm not sure Microsoft has even acknowledged this is a problem, in which case so far as they're concerned there's nothing to fix.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-22T15:43:23+00:00

    Update after update, yet this bug remains unfixed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-21T06:48:36+00:00

    Windows Explorer pops to the foreground while performing critical data entry tasks in a production environment. Data was entered incorrectly in our system due to this issue. One incorrectly entered field can cause millions of dollars in scrap product.

    Will Microsoft finally fix this before they get sued for reimburse for millions in scrap and lost productivity or do they need to get sued to light a fire under their ****?

    I hope you have also considered my suggestion to raise your concern on the Feedback Hub:

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    Or on Social Medias (X, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, etc.) because no one influential from Microsoft is in this forum besides these people:

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    Who in my experience have no connection with the engineering teams. The ones that can actually fix this issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-20T18:17:04+00:00

    Windows Explorer pops to the foreground while performing critical data entry tasks in a production environment. Data was entered incorrectly in our system due to this issue. One incorrectly entered field can cause millions of dollars in scrap product.

    Will Microsoft finally fix this before they get sued for reimburse for millions in scrap and lost productivity or do they need to get sued to light a fire under their ****?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-20T18:07:29+00:00

    I thought it was my external drive making this happen. But it just happened again, I immediately looked down and checked, the drive was not connected. I run a lot of automation stuff so this really makes me have to check that there is no Explorer running when I start that and turn off my screen, mad things have happened when my automation clicks like mad in that Explorer window.

    Can someone at Mircosoft please look into this please?

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