Windows 10: How to STOP Win10 from opening program in the foreground?

I have found posts on how to stop this, but nothing tells me how to make this happen.


My last Win10 laptop, when I: right clicked on an image in a folder > open with > graphic software, the image would open in the graphic software, but the Folder Would Stay in the Foreground. The graphic program in which the image was opened Stayed In the Background. I LOVED THAT!


NOTE: the folder was Not set to always on top. If the folder window was smaller than the graphic program window and I clicked on anywhere on the graphic program the folder would go into the background, just like normal. The only difference was when I opened an image by right clicking > open with > graphics software, the Folder stayed in the foreground until I clicked on the graphic software - I want that to happen again.


On my new laptop, when I do the same, the graphic program opening the image comes to the foreground and the folder with all the images I want to open goes to the background. I'm Not loving that I think that's the preset

Any idea how to make my new laptop work like the old one when opening images into graphic software or any software?

I can't go poking around in the old laptop because it won't boot.

Thoughts?
Thank you.

:)

 

On-Screen Keyboard bug changes foreground window

This On-Screen Keyboard bug changes the current foreground window.

Steps:

1. Open Edge and notepad and maximize them (never minimize them)
2. Select notepad by clicking on it in taskbar (it's now on top)
3. Open the On-Screen Keyboard (in Windows Ease of access)
4. Type a few characters into notepad with the On-Screen Keyboard
5. Minimize the On-Screen Keyboard
6. Select Edge by clicking on it in taskbar (it's now on top)
7. Restore the On-Screen Keyboard by clicking on it in taskbar and use it to type into Edge

Result:

Notepad is now on top

Expected result:

Edge remains on top i.e. the On-Screen Keyboard maintains the current foreground window in which you intended to type.

History:

This superuser Q&A contains links to this bug being reported in windows 8, windows 7 and claims it goes back 17 years to Windows XP.

Workarounds:

Kill the On-Screen Keyboard every time instead of minimizing it. The bug occurs because the On-Screen Keyboard fails to keep track of the current foreground window while minimized.

Patch out the SetForegroundWindow call from the On-Screen Keyboard binary as described in the superuser link above.

Wait 17 more years for Microsoft to fix it.

Tell user to stop being disabled.

 

A program won't come to the foreground (Windows 10)

I have a program (QGIS, which uses QT5) that will not come to the foreground. It starts maximized (that's fine) but it stays behind all my other programs. It can be focused, and I can work in QGIS, but any non-minimized programs stay in front of it.

I have tried the AutoHotKey script suggested in an answer in this post:
Program windows won't come to foreground when selected in Windows 8.1 but it didn't help.

 

Windows 10. Open Programs in foregound

Windows 10. Programs/Apps open in taskbar, but not foreground. Is there a way to open "immediately" in foreground? Thanks