Stop programs from stealing focus in Windows 7
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Mar 15, 202618710 viewsConfidence Score0%
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In Windows 7, if I launch a program and immediately make its window inactive (e.g. by minimizing or switching windows), it will pop back up after the program has finished loading completely. This is undesirable. I would like to let a program load in the background without having it steal focus once…
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Fix for: Stop programs from stealing focus in Windows 7
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Judging by at least the research I've done, it seems there used to be a registry key in XP that could be modified to accomplish this, but since Windows 7, that registry change has been ineffective (there is a very heated and relevant conversation on…
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