Windows 10: Bring all Instances of Explorer to front at once

Discus and support Bring all Instances of Explorer to front at once in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I like to work, with two instances of the explorer one below the other. But to bring them both back to front after minimizing, I have to click twice... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/JACKTheHECK, Aug 5, 2020.

  1. /U/JACKTHEHECK
    /u/JACKTheHECK Win User

    Bring all Instances of Explorer to front at once


    I like to work, with two instances of the explorer one below the other. But to bring them both back to front after minimizing, I have to click twice with the mouse on both instances.
    Is there a Keyboard shortcut, or another trick, to bring all instances of an app / the explorer to the front?

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    /u/JACKTheHECK, Aug 5, 2020
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  2. JFGUERRA001
    jfguerra001 Win User

    TROUBLE BRINGING A WINDOW TO THE FRONT

    Sometimes when I have multiple windows open but not minimized I try to switch to one but it will not bring it to the front. I either have to minimize all of them and then select the one I want OR I actually click on other active windows that are already
    on the front and then click on the window in the back to bring it to the front.

    For example, in the image below, I have a PowerPoint, a browser, File Explorer and Excel al active. If I want to bring the File Explorer window completely to the front, sometimes I can't. I have to first click on other windows hat may be in front of it (in
    this example it would the browser and Excel), and then if I click on the File Explorer window it will come to the front.

    Another maddening bug in Windows 10 that I NEVER had in Windows 7 or 8.1!

    Any ideas?


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    jfguerra001, Aug 5, 2020
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  3. WROBINSON56
    WRobinson56 Win User
    While in File Explorer I click on a directory towds the end and a miniute goes by and it brings me right back to the front of the list

    While in File Explorer I click on a directory towds the end and a miniute goes by and it brings me right back to the front of the list
     
    WRobinson56, Aug 5, 2020
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  4. VALIANT92
    Valiant92 Win User

    Bring all Instances of Explorer to front at once

    Selected Window Not Pulling to Front When Clicked on Taskbar

    Dear Microsoft reps,

    This issue is still present for me, after all this time. It's been over a year....a YEAR !

    I'm running Windows 10 Pro x64 version 1703 with all updates installed. I have tried all troubleshooting steps listed by OP and by Microsoft reps in this thread. Specific details of my symptoms and troubleshooting steps are listed in my other posts in
    this thread.

    Microsoft, please don't reply with "run SFC" or other standardized suggestions listed in this post. I've already tried them all. Please re-read our symptoms and provide some help beyond these standardized suggestions. I cannot adequately explain how maddening
    this issue is...not being able to bring windows to the front defeats the very purpose of why Windows was designed...for multitasking !

    Please help those of us who continue to have this maddening and productivity-halting bug.

    Thanks.
     
    Valiant92, Aug 5, 2020
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