Strange Task Bar Behavior

[Sam]

Hope someone has an idea, this is driving me nuts.

I have multiple programs open, several windows explorer sessions and such -
intermittently, when I click the sessions on the task bar, the wrong program
opens up. If there are more than one instance of sometihing, they are
grouped together but when I click the task bar box, the group pops up but
the screen changes to another app that's running - very frustrating.
Sometimes I have no issues, this condition is intermittent.

Machine is clean, no virus or spyware, this just seems like a bug or setting
somewhere.

 

[BillW50]

[snip]

I have multiple programs open, several windows explorer sessions and
such - intermittently, when I click the sessions on the task bar, the
wrong program opens up. If there are more than one instance of
sometihing, they are grouped together but when I click the task bar
box, the group pops up but the screen changes to another app that's
running - very frustrating. Sometimes I have no issues, this
condition is intermittent.

[snip]

Well I really dislike grouping on the Taskbar. Luckily you can turn this
off under the Taskbar Properties, if you think it would help. Other
ideas are AltDesk (virtual desktops) and Aston Shell. With things like
AltDesk, one click to minimize and open another window or group of
windows. Just wonderful! And Aston Shell is a new Windows Desktop that
you just might like. I personally love it too.

www.astonshell.com

 

[Rock]

Hope someone has an idea, this is driving me nuts.

I have multiple programs open, several windows explorer sessions and
such - intermittently, when I click the sessions on the task bar, the
wrong program opens up. If there are more than one instance of sometihing,
they are grouped together but when I click the task bar box, the group
pops up but the screen changes to another app that's running - very
frustrating. Sometimes I have no issues, this condition is intermittent.

Machine is clean, no virus or spyware, this just seems like a bug or
setting somewhere.

Try running the edit on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 164: Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.