re: Settings perfect, disappear sometimes anyway
Friday, April 6, 2007 at 11:45 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by lyn henderson
(1 messages posted)
I put up with this behavior until today, when I could not stand it a second longer.
Fortunately, I found this answer on the first page my search engine returned.
Now I understand the problem! You are absolutely right about this Ron -- thanks
a zillion for posting the information!
Lyn
On Friday, May 6, 2005 at 8:49 am, Ron Anderson wrote:
>This problem did not occur in Win98 but did occur in Win 2000 which WinXP is more
>closely based upon.
>
>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.
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