SOLVED: Alt-tab not working
Sunday, May 31, 2020 by gevansmd | Discussion: Personal Computing
Some months ago I noticed alt-tab was not always working properly. It often only lets me select from a couple of the apps, as if it's unaware there are others running. I assume something else is interfering with it working but an internet search has not revealed anything useful.
After a reboot it will work for some time before the bad behavior reappears.
Anyone seen and solved this issue?
Solution: I reset the defaults in Nexus Ultimate and the problem disappeared. I changed back only the few settings I wanted and it still works.
Reply #2 Monday, June 1, 2020 9:29 AM
Have you tried running the sfc /scannow command in an administrative command prompt window yet gevansmd? Could be a system file problem.
Reply #3 Monday, June 1, 2020 8:16 PM
I did and scannow turned up nothing. I think it m,ay be Nexus Ultimate because if I shut it down alt-tab works again and turn it back on and it fails. Jorge says it does not capture this keystrokes.
Reply #4 Monday, June 1, 2020 8:17 PM
What kind of hardware issue could cause that and it goes away after a reboot?
Reply #5 Monday, June 1, 2020 9:05 PM
Well, you could try another keyboard, but if that does not work I would have no idea then.
Reply #7 Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:36 AM
Did the problem occur with the old keyboard that broke?
Reply #10 Tuesday, June 16, 2020 8:58 AM
no idea what's wrong and not a solution, but if you are on win10 you can use win+tab (or click on that taskview icon on your taskbar) to display a list of all opened programs.. it's kinda similar to alt-tab, except it shows you what you have over various vitrual desktops and allows you to move things between them too. might work as a work around for you?
Reply #11 Sunday, June 21, 2020 7:16 PM
no idea what's wrong and not a solution, but if you are on win10 you can use win+tab (or click on that taskview icon on your taskbar) to display a list of all opened programs.. it's kinda similar to alt-tab, except it shows you what you have over various vitrual desktops and allows you to move things between them too. might work as a work around for you?
Win-tab is equally affected, showing the same shortened list of running apps as alt-tab.
Reply #12 Monday, June 22, 2020 12:50 AM
no idea then... you checked for virus and malware, right?
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Reply #1 Monday, June 1, 2020 8:48 AM
Might be a hardware fault.