I've been having this issue for a month now, and it also happens while gaming. It's very annoying. Fix it please.
Windows 11--most recently opened Explorer window keeps popping up into the foreground
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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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2023-07-01T08:03:28+00:00 -
Anonymous
2023-06-29T20:18:52+00:00 Thank you, that is helpful to understand it.
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Anonymous
2023-06-29T20:17:04+00:00 Thanks, James. Appreciate that!
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Anonymous
2023-06-28T13:36:04+00:00 Here we are reading tea leaves in a desperate attempt to divine when Microsoft will one day/some day fix a serious productivity--and possible security--issue with Windows. This is pathetic.
If Microsoft had any regard for its users they would own up to the issue, make a public announcement, but they're not doing that, much less actually fixing it.
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Anonymous
2023-06-28T11:13:27+00:00 or to put it another way, MS are giving themselves 12 months to fix the bugs from last year before releasing next year's batch.