Windows 10: Active Windows disappear

Discus and support Active Windows disappear in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello. I am extremely frustrated with my new laptop. When I click on a window to make it active, it buries itself instead. I have to try like 15 times... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by 10 Girl, Apr 15, 2016.

  1. 10 Girl Win User

    Active Windows disappear


    Hello. I am extremely frustrated with my new laptop. When I click on a window to make it active, it buries itself instead. I have to try like 15 times to get Cortina to stay open and on top, as well as many other program windows. I try using Task view and for instance yesterday I was trying to look something up for someone I was on the phone with in Excel, and it just WOULD NOT stay up and open. When I am working in Publisher or Word, and I go to the view tab to switch windows to another file or tile the files, it WILL NOT WORK. When a dialogue box pops up that requires attention, like pressing the Allow button, I can'tell press it. Simply trying to touch it with the cursor makes the whole active window disappear and bury itself. When I try to get it back with Task view it doesn't work. I am extremely frustrated. I can'tell be productive and get work done!

    :)
     
    10 Girl, Apr 15, 2016
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  2. Windows 10 upgrade problem

    Windows 10 icon just disappeared and it said that its not active and will appear once it is active.
     
    Chitra Kumar Sai, Apr 15, 2016
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  3. rcurry01 Win User
    Keyboard stops intermittently

    I am having an identical problem with a Lenovo Yoga 2. They keyboard and mouse will both intermittently stop working. The curser actually disappears from the screen. It is like the active window de-activates. If I pull down a drop down menu, it will
    disappear after a few seconds as the window de-activates and re-activates again. I then have to do the pull down again. It makes using the internet next to impossible.
     
    rcurry01, Apr 15, 2016
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  4. dalchina New Member

    Active Windows disappear

    Hi, presumably you've upgraded from '7 to '10.

    It sounds as though sthg may be conflicting with Windows normal operation.

    Please try the following:

    Create a System Restore point so you can reverse all changes easily (note: in Win 10 S Restore is disabled by default)

    then

    a. Do a clean boot:
    Clean Boot - Perform in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts - Windows 10 Forums

    then if the symptom is still present after a clean boot and while still in a clean boot
    b.
    Download and install Shellexview (free- just search)
    Install, run, hide all MS items. (Disabling them makes life hard).
    Disable all others.
    See if your symptom persists.
    Note in x64 Windows, there is also a 32 bit option in Shellexview
    Use that and disable more.
    See if your symptom persists.

    If at any stage your symptom disappears, progressively reverse the changes until you identify a cause.

    Finally, noting the cause, and checking for any second cause for completeness, use your system restore point to get back to where yuo were originally.

    If you have identified a cause, now take appropriate action (e.g. disable a shell extension, uninstall a program.....)

    Good luck!
     
    dalchina, Apr 15, 2016
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