Windows 10: How to disable highlighting of single window while multitasking?

While am doing multitask using 2 or more windows, Single window getting highlighted and the other windows getting blurred.

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How To Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11

Search Highlights in Windows 11

Search highlights are one of the many features Microsoft has introduced to Windows in order to try to boost adoption of Bing, their search engine. While they can be fun for some people, if you're like me then you don't like when things are changed about your computer, especially when these changes involve connecting to online services in order to collect data. Thankfully, the feature can be disabled fairly easily.





An example of Search Highlights showing that it's Tom Hanks' birthday, a bit of information very relevant to me.

How to Disable Search Highlights

In order to disable these suggestions, you need to disable the Show search highlights option in your Search Permissions settings.

1. Open the Settings app
   
   
   
   
2. Navigate to Privacy & security
   
   
   
   
3. Find Search permissions in the list
   
   
   
   
4. Under "More settings", disable the toggle for "Show search highlights" (it will say "Off" when it is disabled)
   
   
   
   

 

Left click Highlighting of any text does not work correctly & Sometimes it double clicks on single click action

Left click Highlighting of any text does not work correctly

Sometimes double clicks on single click

The issue happens on multiple systems –

I have 5 computer systems (1 desktop 4 Laptop various makes/models)

• Custom Desktop
• Lenovo Legion Y520
• Lenovo Yoga 710
• HP Specter X360
• Dell Inspiron 3153 11

All Windows 10

All mouse / trackball / touch pad

• Trackball/Thumb ball Logitech M570
• Insignia NS-PNM3BBBK
• Generic Gaming Mouse
• Built in touch pad

When I attempt to highlight text and hold down the mouse button at where I want it to start, the following happens

• It does not highlight at all
• It may start to highlight 3 or 4 words in or several lines later then on releasing the mouse button
• The highlight might remain on or turn off
• It starts to highlight correctly then turns it off on releasing the button
• It starts to highlight correctly but turns off without releasing the button
• It does it correctly
• It will sometimes skip and move the middle of a word or sentence to another area
• Starting at the end of the text it does it correctly more often though still get the same problems as listed above.

It does this if I use either the wireless mouse or the touch pad on the machine

It happens while using Browsers (Chrome or Firefox), Word, Excel, etc.

I have already checked the following:

(Happens on multiple systems) – (may work for a few minutes, then back)

1. Additional mouse options
2. Reboot Windows File Explorer
3. Create a new local user account
4. Clean boot and installing the latest Windows Update
5. Uninstall and Reinstall the device
6. Enable Single-Click to Open Items
7. Hardware troubleshooter
8. Restarted Router
9. Changed USB port on the PC.
10. File Explorer, View tab, Options, General, Single-click to open
11. Entered sfc /scannow
12. Boot in safe mode – Advanced startup
13. Updated drivers
14. Changed Anti-virus/system security software
15. Ease of Access center
16. Sticky Keys Disable
17. Blink rate value of the cursor
18. Changes mice

I think that just about covers everything - The only constant is Windows 10 - I also noticed that this issue goes back to at least 2006

Any and all suggestions (beyond what I have already tried) would be a great help

Thank you

 

I got into a vertical split screen by accident, how do I get back to a single screen ?

Hello,

Just to verify, are you referring to the Snap Assist feature where a you split a program window for multitasking? If this is the case for you, check out the steps below on how to permanently disable the Snap Assist:

• Go to Settings
• Click System
• Click Multitasking
• Set "When I snap a window, show what I can snap next to it" to Off.

Let us know if this helps.