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
    2023-10-18T12:46:27+00:00

    I have the same issue for about half a year on the latest Win 11 on both of my laptops, they are by different producers and both of them have integrated graphics cards. It's very annoying.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T19:10:11+00:00

    Still not fixed then? No cause outside of an update? No update yet that has fully resolved the problem?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T21:00:15+00:00

    It happens every day. When I'm typing an email or working on a powerpoint file or typing in ms word etc. When the explorer window pops up during those times, it is when the situation starts to become a question of ...... how can this sort of glitch possibly happen in 2023, and how can it even possibly be allowed to not be fixed after many months.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-21T15:14:12+00:00

    Microsoft's wanton neglect of Windows 11 is especially annoying when it's otherwise preoccupied with developing AI searches and buying gaming companies.

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