Windows 10: Any Active window becomes inactive upon clicking anywhere.

Discus and support Any Active window becomes inactive upon clicking anywhere. in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Occasionally, this bug will start and I have not found a way to get rid of it w/o restarting.While active, all inputs except M1, M2, M3 I have not... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Aper_, Mar 4, 2025.

  1. Aper_ Win User

    Any Active window becomes inactive upon clicking anywhere.


    Occasionally, this bug will start and I have not found a way to get rid of it w/o restarting.While active, all inputs except M1, M2, M3 I have not checked M4, M5 function normally, however, when I click anywhere*, what ever the active window is becomes completely inactive and I'm unable to click into the window. Additionally, when this occurs, if the active window is the start menu, when it becomes inactive it will not disappear unless I do something else that would make it disappear that doesn't involve clicking. I know the issue is not related to my mouse as the same happens to my trackpad

    :)
     
    Aper_, Mar 4, 2025
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  2. Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


    Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

    Method 1:
    I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

    1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
    2. Select or click Ease of Access.
    3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
    4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
    5. Check if issue is resolved.
    Method 2:
    I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

    1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
    2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
    3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
    4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
    5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.
     
    ChojiTiger, Mar 4, 2025
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  3. cereberus Win User
    How do I change the designation of a drive from active to inactive?

    I think OP is confusing making a drive active with making a drive offline.

    The latter is easy and can be done from disk management by right click clicking on drive.
     
    cereberus, Mar 4, 2025
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  4. Naki Win User

    Any Active window becomes inactive upon clicking anywhere.

    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?
     
    Naki, Mar 4, 2025
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