Taskbar bug, doesn't bring programs to front.

Unfortunately the fix didn't last even a full day.
All of a sudden the problem came back and it's exactly as it was before applying the fix...
Do you richc46 or anybody else have a permanent solution to the problem or at least know w way to troubleshoot what is causing it?
I would be very grateful for your help cause I am using my PC many hours a day and it slows my work and is quite annoying.
Thanks in advance :)

This is a new problem for me, well over a year after the last post in which no solution was found. I wanted to post here for anyone else searching that a very simple solution worked for me: restart Explorer. In Task Manager, highlight explorer.exe and click End Process. Then click File > New Task (Run...), type in explorer, and click OK.

I'm not sure what the underlying issue is, though given various weirdness I've experienced with Explorer through all incarnations of Windows, I would not be surprised to find Explorer itself is the problem. It could be because I always have the Explorer window open because I constantly access my files through it, but every once in a while it just gets totally confused. As I said, this is the first time I've had this problem, so only time will tell if something else is corrupted and will cause the problem to recur, but it has returned everything to normal for now.

Same problem, sfc /scannow didn't resolve the problem, as no errors were found, and Alt-Space didn't do diddly-squat for me.

Bob K's article has moved to here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...019af1d?page=1

I killed all instances of explorer.exe in Task Manager and then clicked (in Task Manager) on File -> New Task (Run), and typed explorer.exe to get a new Explorer task, and this seemed to resolve the problem for some of the tasks in the Taskbar (some now pop up when I click on them in the Taskbar, but still kaput for some of the other ones.

I have not restarted the computer since trying these solutions, however... will report back once system has been restarted.

Quote: Originally Posted by richc46 View Post
Go to search type cmd

Then right click on cmd and run as administrator.

Then in cmd type this sfc /scannow. If errors are found and it is not fixed. Run it again. It repairs one error at a time.

Mahalo, richc46! I joined the forum just to say thanks!

Was having the same issues where I would select another program from the Windows Taskbar and the program icon would flash, but not give focus or bring to front.

Ran the scan and windows found corrupted files and repaired. Did a restart and everything is back to normal! Now, back to work! :)

Glad that my suggestion helped.

Me too! Hahaha! Happy New Year to you too!