Windows are not brought in front when clicking on them

For more than a year now I've had this problem where windows won't appear at front when I click on them in the task bar. In order to view a specific window (for example Chrome or Explorer) I have to minimize every window I have open and then click on the relevant window that I'd like to view. I guess you can only imagine how frustrating this is...

I see that some suggest to change the value of registry ForegroundLockTimeout to decimal. This has been tried without success...

Some suggest to turn of antivirus software and download updates. This has also been tried without luck...

Hoggorm said:

...In order to view a specific window (for example Chrome or Explorer) I have to minimize every window I have open and then click on the relevant window that I'd like to view. I guess you can only imagine how frustrating this is...

While looking for a solution to your problem, have you tried any of the alternatives for selecting a window to bring to the front?

Try the Alt+Tab key combination, or click the TaskView icon on the taskbar (or its keyboard shortcut WinKey+Tab).

Sorry for the delayed response...

When using Alt+Tab or WinKey+Tab there is no difference. The window I select appear as "active" but is not brought to the front. See the following screenshot where I just selected Chrome rather than Explorer. Chrome has the blue bar on top, but Explorer is still in front. Clicking on the Chrome window do not bring it in front either...

Hoggorm said:

I have to minimize every window I have open and then click on the relevant window that I'd like to view. I guess you can only imagine how frustrating this is...

I don't have an answer for your main problem, which is very strange, but a shortcut to minimize all open windows is WinKey+M.

Fabler2 said:

Might not work for you but try unlocking the taskbar then locking it again.

Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately it did not work...