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

My laptop is an HP Zbook with AMD Radeon Pro WX3200, so looks like the issue is not linked to Nvidia

I seem to remember MS insisting on replacing/updating the Nvidia graphics card driver with their own - might there be a connection?

I have an RTX 3060 Ti using Nvidia's latest drivers (v531.68). If Microsoft is messing with that then I'm unaware.

I'm not convinced this is a useful line of enquiry - we've had people with AMD cards reporting the same issue (aromack was one, on page 12).

This issue have absolutely nothing to do with hardware at all. Use an AMD, Intel, nVidia or integrated graphics, it does not matter. Use an physical or an virtual computer, same deal. An laptop from 2010? Same issue, an laptop from this year? Same issue (except for processing power). This issue began the moment an update was installed, pretty sure it was an cumulative one too, so that means you can't really remove it, also if you have this issue it is basically too late to uninstall the update anyways since this annoyance is never persistent.

I can get a week where it never happens a single time or a single day where it happens like every hour or so. I can be gaming, working, watching a video/movie or recently rebooted computer with nothing running except for the explorer and a web browser, in fact, just having 2 explorer windows is enough to make it noticeable since the explorer window that is not in focus will actually just pull your focus at random.

This Windows Explorer issue just happened to my boss (our Managing Director) whilst he was giving a presentation.

I have this issue as well. For me this has been happening for a long time ever since upgrading from windows 10 to 11. My set-up is nothing like any of the others as my hardware appears to be older than most posted here.

My best guess/conspiracy theory is that this issue is happening due to some sort of Microsoft data collection that Microsoft does not want people to know about. This would explain their lack of a fix and response to this issue.

Edition: Windows 11 Pro, Version 22H2, OS build 22621.1555
Installed on ‎10/‎16/‎2022
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22640.1000.0

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor 3.95 GHz

Kingston Hyper-X Fury 32.0GB Dual-Channel @ 1199MHz (15-15-15-35)

MSI Radeon 5700XT

Western Digital Black 2Terabyte 7200rpm SATA (OS Drive)