When a window receives focus by the system instead of by you selecting it (even if you started a program and then clicked elsewhere on your desktop before the window displayed) the system "notifies" you that the application needs attention by flashing that applications taskbar button for a few seconds, then leaving it highlighted thereafter until you click on it. The taskbar is automatically displayed so that you can see that notification. makes sense. Unfortunately, it also requires that you click on that applications taskbar button before it will relenguish control of the taskbar. I am guessing this was purposely done so that a potentially important notification is not missed due to a hidden taskbar. Clicking on that flashing/highlighted taskbar button, and then minimizing that applicaiton or clicking elsewhere on your desktop should return your taskbar to normal.

Of course, knowing this won't remove the frustration of having to tell your taskbar what to do every time this happens. And, occasionally the application button is not properly highlighted so that every taskbar button must be clicked to find the culprit.

I haven't tried Taskbar Activate yet because I've heard it doesn't completely fix the problem, but I'm considering it.

Written in response to: re: Settings perfect, disappear sometimes anyway (Austin Beam: Monday, March 14, 2005 at 9:38 am) Responses to this message: re: Settings perfect, disappear sometimes anyway (lyn henderson: Friday, April 6, 2007 at 11:45 am)

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