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K-MailMom
Dec 22, 2021Copper Contributor
Alt+Tab Issue - Alt stays active
I've recently updated to Windows 11. Since that time, everytime I use Alt+Tab to switch between any window and an Office 365 application (e.g. Excel, Word, Excel), it seems like the Alt key stays act...
- Jan 16, 2022Hello Keanu. I have the same problems and many other users also. There's another post, where this issue is reported: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/report-an-issue/windows-11-alt-tab-is-broken-on-fullscreen-windows/m-p/2854895
Since this morning Microsoft knows about it for sure, because I chatted with the MS Support for almost 1.5 hours. A case number was generated and now Microsoft is clear that it is a bug in the operating system. The engineers will work on it. Ninozer has suggested the following interim solution: the "old" Alt + Tab function from Windows 10 can be activated. The following steps are necessary for this:
Open the Registry Editor and select the file path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Then right-click the Explorer folder, select "New" and click DWORD value (32-bit). A value will be created in the explorer folder. Set the name of the value from "AltTabSettings". After the DWORD value (32-bit) is created, double-click on it. Now change the value from 0 to 1. After that select OK.
Then restart the computer. Maybe the function for automatic updates needs to be disabled.
Here with me I have now again the old Alt + Tab function. It runs great. I hope that MS can soon fix the bug in Win 11.
Many greetings from Germany.
MarkJudaya
Dec 22, 2022Copper Contributor
K-MailMom this has been fixed. Just update to Windows Version 22H2 Build 22621.963.
- bwharleyApr 01, 2024Copper Contributor
This report of a fix is bogus, or at least incomplete. I have had this happening for months and just got so tired I looked it up and found this thread. I have Windows build 23H2 on a laptop I bought new a year ago and it has this same problem. Too bad!