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
    2023-02-10T09:23:24+00:00

    We're also having these problems on a few devices (maybe since end of last year)
    All devices are using Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2

    • Dell Precision 3660 (Intel Core i9-12900K, 32GB Ram, 512 GB M.2-PCIe-NVMe-SSD, NVIDIA RTX A4000)
    • Dell OptiPlex 3060 (Intel Core i5-8500 @3,00GHz, 8GB Ram, 250GB Sata-SSD)
    • Dell Latitude E5540 (Intel Core i5-4210U, 8GB Ram, Samsung Pro 850 512GB Sata-SSD) - officially not supported by Windows 11

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-13T16:28:12+00:00

    Hi Diplocaulus,

     

    Thank you for providing the link, I have voted for you, and I also hope this problem can be fixed as soon as possible.

    Best regards,

    Mitchell - | Microsoft community support expert from MSFT

    Any word from Microsoft yet? Have they acknowledged this as a serious problem? If yes, any ETA on when it will be fixed? Soooo tired of dealing with it. Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-14T01:48:11+00:00

    Hi Diplocaulus,

    I quite understand your feeling.

    I have sorted out this problem and submitted it to Microsoft, but I haven't got any information so far, please wait patiently.

    Best regards,

    Mitchell - | Microsoft community support expert from MSFT

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-14T04:25:12+00:00

    I have the issue as well even in a fresh W11 installation.

    AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor (24 CPUs), ~3.7GHz

    Asus X570 Plus-Wifi

    64GB RAM (Kingston Fury Renegade 32x2)

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

    WD Black 1TB SN770

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-14T14:57:41+00:00

    Hi Diplocaulus,

    I quite understand your feeling.

    I have sorted out this problem and submitted it to Microsoft, but I haven't got any information so far, please wait patiently.

    Best regards,

    Mitchell - | Microsoft community support expert from MSFT

    Hi Mitchell,

    I appreciate your attention to this issue here. Unfortunately, I don't have confidence in Microsoft's dedication to its non-enterprise users. I've had an ongoing issue with Outlook that Microsoft has repeatedly identified as a known issue, and has repeatedly assured me would be fixed "soon;" soon has now entered its third year.

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