I am using Windows XP PRo SP2. Since some hours I have the following
effect.
When I click on any of the tasks button in the taskbar the button turns
blue and blinks three times, but the window does not pop up. When I
choose the same task by selecting over Alt-TAB, the task's window
appears at once (as usual).
What has caused this and do I have a chance to solve it without a
restart? I cannot restart right now, because an important
uninterruptable program (MS-Access97) is running.

Thanks
Klaus

"kwally" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am using Windows XP PRo SP2. Since some hours I have the following
> effect.
> When I click on any of the tasks button in the taskbar the button turns
> blue and blinks three times, but the window does not pop up. When I
> choose the same task by selecting over Alt-TAB, the task's window
> appears at once (as usual).
> What has caused this and do I have a chance to solve it without a
> restart? I cannot restart right now, because an important
> uninterruptable program (MS-Access97) is running.
>
> Thanks
> Klaus
>

I would use Alt+Tab until the next reboot. It's by far the
easiest option.

Replied to [kwally]s message :
> I am using Windows XP PRo SP2. Since some hours I have the following
> effect.
> When I click on any of the tasks button in the taskbar the button turns
> blue and blinks three times, but the window does not pop up. When I
> choose the same task by selecting over Alt-TAB, the task's window
> appears at once (as usual).
> What has caused this and do I have a chance to solve it without a
> restart? I cannot restart right now, because an important
> uninterruptable program (MS-Access97) is running.
>
> Thanks
> Klaus
>

Use Alt-Tab now and install Tweakui > General > Focus > Experiment with the settings

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