Stop things in task switcher moving around

Hello,
I've tried to search around for an answer to this, but not knowing how to describe the icon/preview things in the alt-tab task switcher, am at a bit of a loss.

Like on Mac OSX, Windows 10 likes to shuffle everything around in the task switcher, just to slow you down a bit/confuse you/intensely annoy you/make you want to punch Bill Gates in the face. I can imagine car manufacturers adopting this same wonderful technique - wouldn't it be convenient if the pedal on the left is the one you used most recently - if you press the brake, the brake pedal moves to the leftmost position. Then if you press the accelerator, it then moves to the leftmost position. Brilliant, what could possibly go wrong?!

Enough of that - my point is, is there a way to correct this incredibly ridiculous, awful interface bug, and keep everything in the same place unless I close apps/folders etc?

Thanks,
Paul

Try the Simple Window Switcher (SWS) feature of ExplorerPatcher.

dalchina said:

It seems you are saying the order of the others (bar the first) is random if you repeatedly use Win tab - or is there some other factor?

No, only the selected one moves to the top-left/first position; the others just shuffle along to take up the space - which does effectively mean everything has moved (depending on where the one that just moved was previously located). Such a silly UI decision by Microsoft!
@hdmi - I had a look at ExplorerPatcher; not sure if my issue is annoying enough to install something that seems to have mixed reviews, so I'll probably just live with this annoying bug!

@hdmi - I had a look at ExplorerPatcher; not sure if my issue is annoying enough to install something that seems to have mixed reviews, so I'll probably just live with this annoying bug!

Those mixed reviews are mostly from people who never could figure out how to use it properly. After your computer restarts to finalize the install of a Windows Cumulative Update (i.e., one that upgrades your Windows to a new build number), sometimes it can happen that it fails to load the desktop + taskbar so only a black background with a mouse arrow appears. When this happens you can uninstall ExplorerPatcher by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. In Task Manager, you can choose Run new task, and a separate dialog window that is functionally similar to the Run dialog (Win + R) will open. In there, you can enter a command %programfiles%\ExplorerPatcher\ep_setup /uninstall to open the uninstaller dialog window of ExplorerPatcher. After the uninstall finishes, you can try installing ExplorerPatcher again, which typically fixes it.

ExplorerPatcher does not patch/modify any system files. It just stores some of its settings in the Windows registry. Aside from this it needs internet access to grab the new symbols from Microsoft each time after Windows is upgraded to a new build number. It can grab them automatically and it will tell you about it in Notification Center. Only production builds of Windows are supported by ExplorerPatcher, as has clearly been stated in the documentation. So if you are subscribed to the Windows Insider Channel, it very often means that ExplorerPatcher either will not work or will work only partially. The latter problem, in spite of the fact that it is, and always has been, a PEBCAK has been being a major source of complaints about ExplorerPatcher for as long as I can remember.