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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
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We have the problem with a Windows 11 Pro 22H2 upgraded from Windows 11 Pro 21H2 - so no Windows 10 was installed on this machine
Interesting... I think we all agreed this issue started late 2022. Perhaps the issue is not a Win10 to Win11 upgrade issue, but a 21H2 to 22H2 upgrade issue...
In which case, I wonder if the "Reset this PC" option would solve the issue (same key, new installation)? Something to try without wasting $$$ (only time).
I have Win11Pro and am, like so many others, experiencing this issue.
I use Stardock Fences (organizes icons onto the desktop). I also use Fences on a Windows 10 machine, but no Windows Explorer issues there. I'm presuming that the problem lies within Windows 11 itself.
I can only imagine that the reports we're seeing in this thread represent a tiny minority of users experiencing this issue, i.e., not every Windows 11 user suffering from this issue posts here. Please fix this, Microsoft, sooner rather than later.
Wonder if you guys are using any 3rd party window ui mods like Rainmeter and RoundedTB?
No, absolutely nothing since our company's IT refuse the installation of such tools. I suppose the problem has something to do with the introduction of the tabbed Explorer Windows, since I never witnessed this issue before the latest W11 feature update.
Same here - absolutely no 3rd party window UI mods, due to company's IT security policy. I am a local administrator on my device but the devices are regularly scanned for approved software. Same is true for my personal machine - I generally leave Windows alone because I find myself reinstalling it fairly regularly and I don't spend a huge amount of time worrying about what it looks like.
Yes, Tabbed Explorer Windows could be related. I feel they are poorly implemented - for example, they do not have some of the expected tabbed behaviour we've come to enjoy in browsers such as Edge. I suspect we'll see these improved over time.
Wonder if you guys are using any 3rd party window ui mods like Rainmeter and RoundedTB?
No, absolutely nothing since our company's IT refuse the installation of such tools. I suppose the problem has something to do with the introduction of the tabbed Explorer windows, since I never witnessed this issue before the latest W11 feature update.
