Hi Mitchell,
Here's the link to my post to Feedback Hub: Feedback Hub report
Thank you for your continued support.
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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Anonymous
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2023-01-31T02:10:29+00:00 Hi Diplocaulus,
Thank you for your feedback. If it is convenient, please provide the link of feedback so that I can vote for you.
Best regards,
Mitchell - | Microsoft community support expert from MSFT
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Anonymous
2023-01-17T01:59:19+00:00 Hi neoTR0N,
Thank you very much for your feedback, please continue to observe whether this problem will occur again.
Best regards,
Mitchell - | Microsoft community support expert from MSFT
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Anonymous
2023-01-16T18:23:25+00:00 Not one annoying "explorer-popping" the whole day! I have high hopes.
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Anonymous
2023-01-16T01:18:53+00:00 Hi Pauliiine,
Have you tried the solution I offered to repair the system using ISO image files?
Best regards,
Mitchell - | Microsoft community support expert from MSFT