Windows 10: Alt-Tab and clicking on icon in taskbar not working as expected

Discus and support Alt-Tab and clicking on icon in taskbar not working as expected in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hi,For some reason, I'm seeing weird behavior with the taskbar and the Alt-Tab keyboard shortcut. I'm not sure what is causing it. Here are the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by LDuperval, Jun 12, 2023.

  1. LDuperval Win User

    Alt-Tab and clicking on icon in taskbar not working as expected


    Hi,For some reason, I'm seeing weird behavior with the taskbar and the Alt-Tab keyboard shortcut. I'm not sure what is causing it. Here are the symptoms:If I have more than one window open for an application, I cannot use the taskbar to go to one of the windows. I used to be able to click on the icon of the window, then all available running windows would appear over the taskbar. Then I could simply click one of the windows and it would maximize or I would switch to it. Now, if I hover the mouse over the icon, the running windows appear but if I click on one of them, nothing happens. Sometimes

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    LDuperval, Jun 12, 2023
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  2. Taskbar icons gone + alt tab doesn't work.

    Hello Everyone,

    I've recently encountered a situation in which none of my taskbar icons are displayed, I can't click the windows icon or task view in the bottom left and

    Alt + Tab doesn't work either. Win + Tab used to work but now it doesn't. I attempted following this guide https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/139348-taskbar-will-not-work.html ,
    though that didn't end up working. I attempted to include an image below though I can't seem to do that. Any help is appreciated.

    Kind Regards,

    Dash
     
    Dashiell O'Donnell, Jun 12, 2023
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  3. Naki Win User
    Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

    Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
    Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
    Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

    NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
    But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
    What do you think?
     
  4. Alt-Tab and clicking on icon in taskbar not working as expected

    Alt-Tabbing Slow/Not Working

    Hi Sumit,

    Thanks for your response!

    I've tried the above steps but unfortunately theissue persists.

    Some additional details I should add:

    When I press Alt + Tab and manually click on the window I want to go to, it will work.
    When I press and hold Alt + Tab and tab through my window options and let go of tab once I have selected my window, that is when the issue will occur and the icon ill flash orange on my taskbar, the application wont open and nothing else happens.
     
    Jason Chou1, Jun 12, 2023
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