Windows 10: Alt-Tab System shortcut ruining my gaming experience.

Hi, I'm having an issue playing games that use an alt modifier for certain actions. I occasionally accidentally press alt-tab and it completely removes me from my game window ruining my experience. I wish to remove this feature from my device as I do not use it and it gets in the way whilst playing my games. I cannot use script editors as such things could lead to a ban on my Warcraft account. Is there anything I can do within Windows it self to stop alt tab from working whilst playing video games? I currently have Windows 11 home.

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Weird alt-tab out of fullscreen games.

Hi Simon,

The multitasking capability of a game depends on the total memory of your computer. If you have large amounts of RAM on your computer, it can multitask heavy programs easily like high-end games. To ensure that we can provide the appropriate resolution
for your concerns with the alt-tab function, we’d like to ask you a few questions:

• What were the recent changes made on your computer before you experienced this issue?
• When did the issue start?

• Have you pressed the alt-tab key during you play Rainbow Six Siege? Or it just happen without pressing it?
  
• Does the automatic ALT-TAB behavior happens on other games?
• Do you have any other programs running on your computer while playing?
• What is the anti-virus program you're using?

• What is your device or system specifications? To know, follow these steps:
  1. Press Windows + S and type
     About your PC.
  2. Send us the information listed under Device specifications.
  
  

Moving forward, if you're multitasking while playing, we recommend that you play this game only without doing other tasks. Pressing ALT-TAB or performing a multitasking interferes with the performance of your video card, especially if you're running a heavy
game like Rainbow Six Siege. It will generate screen viewing issues like intermittently switching your game screen between your desktop environment.

For now, restart your game and do not press ALT+TAB while playing. This will allow your video card to dedicate its graphics performance on the game only instead of your desktop environment.

If you would like me to provide additional advice, simply respond to this thread. I will get notified and I’ll reply to you as soon as I can.

 

LAST USED WINDOW SHORTCUT ? not ALT-TAB BUT

So Thank you dekayed it all works. I have noticed when in EDGE I can not crlt Tab back to Chrome but ALT TAB functions to go from Chrome To Edge. But these shortcuts are working. I have a list of WINDOWS 10 EXPLORER shortcuts but these you shared were not in the list that I found. These shortcuts you shared must be in a different category of shortcuts. Im thinking I need to read some kind of windows 10 manual or watch a tutorial on windows 10

 

alt tabbing increases system performance?

Alt+tab often forces the game to reinitialize the DirectX renderer. It's likely an opportunity to reattempt to start SLI/Crossfire if it didn't start with the game.

Mind you, alt+tab is as likely to cause the game to crash as it is to improve performance. Some games support it, some don't, and some are somewhere in between.