Task bar buttons blink

[Guest]

This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between programs
clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A second click seems to
reduce a window and a third click then enlarges it on top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to that
clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the
window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to
indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to annoy
you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're currently
working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth between
windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that scenario by causing
applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get your attention rather
than stealing focus from the application in the foreground.]]
----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To convert
200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix within XP
without adding software?

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the
window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to
indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to annoy
you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're currently
working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth between
windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that scenario by causing
applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get your attention rather
than stealing focus from the application in the foreground.]]
----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To convert
200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A second
click seems to reduce a window and a third click then enlarges it on top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to that
clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix within
XP without adding software?

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the
window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to
indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to
annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're
currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth
between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that
scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get
your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the
foreground.]] ----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A second
click seems to reduce a window and a third click then enlarges it on
top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to that
clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Guest]

That's the problem. I'll try the fix.

Just curious why the settings would change though? I used the restore to get
away from it and after shutting down and starting again it happened again.

Thanks for the info.

Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix within
XP without adding software?

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the
window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to
indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to
annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're
currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth
between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that
scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get
your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the
foreground.]] ----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A second
click seems to reduce a window and a third click then enlarges it on
top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to that
clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I honestly do not know what is changing the settings.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

That's the problem. I'll try the fix.

Just curious why the settings would change though? I used the restore to
get away from it and after shutting down and starting again it happened
again.

Thanks for the info.

Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix
within XP without adding software?

:

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from
the window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash
to indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to
annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're
currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth
between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that
scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get
your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the
foreground.]] ----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A
second click seems to reduce a window and a third click then enlarges
it on top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to
that clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Guest]

This is frustrating. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I
downloaded tweakui and am having problems with that now. Everytime I open it
to the focus part it's defaulted back to the flash count being checked, this
is even though the top box isn't checked.

On top of that since trying tweak my menus take forever to open. I see where
there's a setting for that and tried to adjust. The test icon works great but
it doesn't apply.

I'm getting very frustrated.

Thanks for any help.

I honestly do not know what is changing the settings.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

That's the problem. I'll try the fix.

Just curious why the settings would change though? I used the restore to
get away from it and after shutting down and starting again it happened
again.

Thanks for the info.

Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix
within XP without adding software?

:

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from
the window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash
to indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to
annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're
currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth
between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that
scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get
your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the
foreground.]] ----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A
second click seems to reduce a window and a third click then enlarges
it on top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to
that clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Guest]

This is really frustrating me now.

I have completely removed the "ForegroundLockTimeout" &
"ForegroundFlashCount" lines from the registry. On reboot it now operates
normally. The next boot or start-up it goes back to flashing the buttons.
Something wrote to the registry "ForegroundLockTimeout" set to value 0. The
zero value alone should allow the focus to change instantly.

When checking Tweakui, it always defaults to either "blink till clicked" or
"blink X amount of times" This is wether the "prevent application from
stealing focus" is checked or not. If that box is not checked it should grey
out the other options.

Any idea what's generating the lines and keeps defaulting this way? Any
ideas would be great.

Thanx

This is frustrating. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I
downloaded tweakui and am having problems with that now. Everytime I open it
to the focus part it's defaulted back to the flash count being checked, this
is even though the top box isn't checked.

On top of that since trying tweak my menus take forever to open. I see where
there's a setting for that and tried to adjust. The test icon works great but
it doesn't apply.

I'm getting very frustrated.

Thanks for any help.

I honestly do not know what is changing the settings.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

That's the problem. I'll try the fix.

Just curious why the settings would change though? I used the restore to
get away from it and after shutting down and starting again it happened
again.

Thanks for the info.

:

Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix
within XP without adding software?

:

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from
the window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash
to indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to
annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're
currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth
between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that
scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get
your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the
foreground.]] ----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A
second click seems to reduce a window and a third click then enlarges
it on top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to
that clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

No idea. For some reason the focus deal doesn't seem to work correctly.

New program window appears behind all other open windows on a Windows
2000-based, Windows XP-based, or Windows Server 2003-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=886217

ForegroundLockTimeout
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/55200.asp

ForegroundFlashCount
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/55199.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

This is really frustrating me now.

I have completely removed the "ForegroundLockTimeout" &
"ForegroundFlashCount" lines from the registry. On reboot it now operates
normally. The next boot or start-up it goes back to flashing the buttons.
Something wrote to the registry "ForegroundLockTimeout" set to value 0.
The zero value alone should allow the focus to change instantly.

When checking Tweakui, it always defaults to either "blink till clicked"
or "blink X amount of times" This is wether the "prevent application from
stealing focus" is checked or not. If that box is not checked it should
grey out the other options.

Any idea what's generating the lines and keeps defaulting this way? Any
ideas would be great.

Thanx

This is frustrating. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I
downloaded tweakui and am having problems with that now. Everytime I
open it to the focus part it's defaulted back to the flash count being
checked, this is even though the top box isn't checked.

On top of that since trying tweak my menus take forever to open. I see
where there's a setting for that and tried to adjust. The test icon
works great but it doesn't apply.

I'm getting very frustrated.

Thanks for any help.

I honestly do not know what is changing the settings.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
That's the problem. I'll try the fix.

Just curious why the settings would change though? I used the restore
to get away from it and after shutting down and starting again it
happened again.

Thanks for the info.

:

Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Not that I know of. It does sound like the problem. Is there a fix
within XP without adding software?

:

Do you have Tweak UI?

TweakUI
[+] General
Focus

Focus
[[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from
the window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will
flash to indicate that the application is trying to get your
attention.]]

[[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants
to annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which
you're currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip
back and forth between windows. The settings in the Focus category
prevent that scenario by causing applications to flash their
taskbar buttons to get your attention rather than stealing focus
from the application in the foreground.]] ----

Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
===

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

----

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 thru X
0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set

Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00030d40
The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).

From...
Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Garrett <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
This is hard to describe. In simple terms when trying to go between
programs clicking the buttons on the task bar they flash blue. A
second click seems to reduce a window and a third click then
enlarges it on top.

This seemed to happen after I installed macromedia flash. Prior to
that clicking a program button just opened that program on top.

Thanks for any help