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Decieved

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I have a small problem

in vista if I used my media keyboard to open a program it would open but now, whilst browsing with firefox and im listening to media monkey and its on the taskbar in vista I could press the media player button on my keyboard and it would bring media monkey to the front, same if i press calc button now all they do is flash on the taskbar till I hover and click them

can I bring this back somehow is this meant to be happening?
 

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Decieved said:
Bump no ideas?
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I'm afraid I can't be of much help except to say that I had the same issue but it's just gone away now. Calc comes to front as expected...
 

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Decieved said:
I have a small problem

in vista if I used my media keyboard to open a program it would open but now, whilst browsing with firefox and im listening to media monkey and its on the taskbar in vista I could press the media player button on my keyboard and it would bring media monkey to the front, same if i press calc button now all they do is flash on the taskbar till I hover and click them

can I bring this back somehow is this meant to be happening?
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Its a bug, Ive been having the same issues with all my applications.

Microsoft doesnt want applications forcing themself into the foreground like pop-up adverts on your desktop and I guess they have been trying to solve a few issues Microsoft has had with SetForegroundWindow Function () since Vista and that unfinished code ended up in the RC :rolleyes:
 
any idea if there is a fix for this issue? I am running Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit.
 

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Try this, open Regedit and go ti the following location,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

look for "ForegroundLockTimeout, right click and select Modif, change the base to Decimal then set the value to 0. Log off and back on or reboot for the change to take affect.
 

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Win 7 Ultimate x64
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FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so far
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Asus M5A97 EVO
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ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
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Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
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Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
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Acer S232HL Abid
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120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
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Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
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Cooler Master 212 EVO
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Hey stormy13, Thanks for the tip.

After much testing i have discovered the issue is with the Logitech Set-Point Keyboard Shortcuts which i have created. If I launch the applications from the Start Button > All Programs > and launch those apps from there....they will pop up on the foreground.

Not sure yr tip to edit the registry will do anything to correct this scenario....but i will give it a try.... Many Thanks
 

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Self Built
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Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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Intel [email protected]
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Asus P7P55D-E-EVO
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8GB DDR3 1600
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Nvidia Quadro FX380
Sound Card
Sound Blaster x-Fi Titanium
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Dual Dell2209WA
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1 x WD 73GB 10K Drive
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Cooler Master Silent Pro 500w
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Cooler Master 690 Pure
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stormy13 said:
Try this, open Regedit and go ti the following location,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

look for "ForegroundLockTimeout, right click and select Modif, change the base to Decimal then set the value to 0. Log off and back on or reboot for the change to take affect.
Click to expand...

Hey Stormy13. Thanks so much. It worked!!
 

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Intel [email protected]
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8GB DDR3 1600
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Nvidia Quadro FX380
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Sound Blaster x-Fi Titanium
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Dual Dell2209WA
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1 x WD 73GB 10K Drive
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Cooler Master Silent Pro 500w
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Cooler Master 690 Pure
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Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
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stormy13 said:
Try this, open Regedit and go ti the following location,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

look for "ForegroundLockTimeout, right click and select Modif, change the base to Decimal then set the value to 0. Log off and back on or reboot for the change to take affect.
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I cannot find this on my Win 7 64 bit machine? Any other ideas?
 

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stormy13 said:
Try this, open Regedit and go ti the following location,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

look for "ForegroundLockTimeout, right click and select Modif, change the base to Decimal then set the value to 0. Log off and back on or reboot for the change to take affect.
Click to expand...

I had a similar problem where virtually all of my programs opened behind the active window. This fixed it. Thank you! :D
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
stormy13 said:
Try this, open Regedit and go ti the following location,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

look for "ForegroundLockTimeout, right click and select Modif, change the base to Decimal then set the value to 0. Log off and back on or reboot for the change to take affect.
Click to expand...

Interesting.

I saved off the registry key and then altered.
Will see what the pros and cons are.
Any particular reason why the "change the base to decimal" since 0 is 0 whether hex or decimal and the 0x0 format is not needed in this case.
 

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AMD Pumori (Socket FT1)
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6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)
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AMD Radeon HD 7660G
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Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.
Any particular reason why the "change the base to decimal"
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Habit more than anything I guess.
 

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Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
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OK. So far, I think I'm going to prefer the 0 time as it eliminates that nag display in the taskbar, but will wait a few days for final verdict.
 

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AMD Pumori (Socket FT1)
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6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)
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AMD Radeon HD 7660G
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High Definition Audio Device
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Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
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What the local pub, local coffee shop offers.
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Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device


Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.

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AMD Pumori (Socket FT1)
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6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)
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AMD Radeon HD 7660G
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High Definition Audio Device
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Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
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1600x900@60Hz
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SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device
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Standard PS/2 Keyboard
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HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410
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What the local pub, local coffee shop offers.
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Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device


Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.
Thank you and you're welcome.

This was one of those little annoying things I went looking for back in the XP days. Don't remember if I ever found anywhere that actually said to set it to 0, as most of them were how to increase it so I just went the other way and it worked.
 

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ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
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Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
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Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
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Acer S232HL Abid
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120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
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Antec Three Hundred
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Cooler Master 212 EVO
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Logitech G510
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Logitech G500s
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35000/3000
karlsnooks said:
stormy13 said:
Try this, open Regedit and go ti the following location,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

look for "ForegroundLockTimeout, right click and select Modif, change the base to Decimal then set the value to 0. Log off and back on or reboot for the change to take affect.
Click to expand...

Interesting.

I saved off the registry key and then altered.
Will see what the pros and cons are.
Any particular reason why the "change the base to decimal" since 0 is 0 whether hex or decimal and the 0x0 format is not needed in this case.
Click to expand...

Old file I know but the tip by "stormy13" helped solve my issue too.
 

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