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Windows tasks keep losing focus

Anonymous
2025-04-08T13:45:07+00:00

Hello,

Whenever I am using a program, it will lose focus and then immediately switch back, causing any inputs that were being held to release (particularly a problem for games)

I've tried every fix and nothing seems to work. Focus loggers show it just "re-focusing", or switching between the program and file explorer (depending on the focus logger)

I am using windows 10 and have run a full virus scan, with nothing showing up.

Please help, I can't take this much longer

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Siva Shankar 10,960 Reputation points
    2025-04-08T15:18:46+00:00

    Hello ,

    I’m here to help you in resolving your issue

    Since you're seeing flickering focus and even Explorer.exe showing up in focus logs, it’s likely something running in the background is stealing focus briefly, then returning it , just enough to cause input drops without visible windows.

    Disable Background Apps & Services (Clean Boot)

    Run a clean boot to rule out third-party programs:

    1. Press Win + R > type msconfig
    2. Go to Services tab > check “Hide all Microsoft services” > click Disable all
    3. Go to Startup tab > open Task Manager > Disable everything
    4. Reboot.

    Try running your game or app again. If the issue is gone, something from startup is the culprit.

    After trying above steps, please reach out to me if you have any doubts or issues

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