stop windows from focusing

[greg]

Hello, quick question.

Is there a way to stop windows from giving themselves focus. When a window
is loading, i minimize it and try to work in another window. Then the first
window keeps trying to pop up. AGGGGRRRRRR!
it tickes me off so much. Is there a registry setting?

thanks in advance

 

[Dave Patrick]

You might get your desired result by adjusting;

"ForegroundLockTimeout"
Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system will not
allow applications to force themselves into the foreground.

and

"ForegroundFlashCount"
Determines the number of times the taskbar button will flash to notify the
user that a background window has been activated by the system. If the time
elapsed since the last user input exceeds the value of
"ForegroundLockTimeout", the window will automatically be brought to the
foreground.

The D_Word values can be found at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Setting them to zero should effectively disable them.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Hello, quick question.
|
| Is there a way to stop windows from giving themselves focus. When a
window
| is loading, i minimize it and try to work in another window. Then the
first
| window keeps trying to pop up. AGGGGRRRRRR!
| it tickes me off so much. Is there a registry setting?
|
| thanks in advance
|
|