Windows 7 windows not coming to the top

In the past occasionally Windows stopped bringing a window to the top.
I could reboot and everything would work fine for weeks.

Now it seems to be happening every day. Is anyone else having this
problem. The main programs I use are Firefox, IE, VLC, TeamViewer
and Forte Agent.

I have VLC set to always stay on top.

Metspitzer Kilowatt charter.net wrote:

In the past occasionally Windows stopped bringing a window to
the top.

Under what circumstances? What user input? What are you doing to
bring the window to the top? I suppose you mean starting the
program, but that's just a guess.

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I could reboot and everything would work fine for weeks.

Now it seems to be happening every day. Is anyone else having
this problem. The main programs I use are Firefox, IE, VLC,
TeamViewer and Forte Agent.

I have VLC set to always stay on top.

On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:39:02 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Metspitzer Kilowatt charter.net wrote:

In the past occasionally Windows stopped bringing a window to
the top.

Under what circumstances? What user input? What are you doing to
bring the window to the top? I suppose you mean starting the
program, but that's just a guess.

What I do is frequently open 2 or 3 Firefox windows. Sometimes I am
listening to a documentary in one FF window and web surfing in another
one. I keep tabs on a remote computer with TeamViewer and I keep
Forte Agent open to check on Usenet. I use FF on my main monitor and
IE on my second monitor.

So all the windows are already open but when I try to switch between
them by clicking on the task bar they don't come to the top.

Sometimes I have VLC open but it's windowed. I almost never use it
full screen. The setting for it is always on top. It stays on top,
but it only takes up a quarter of the screen.

Metspitzer Kilowatt charter.net wrote:

John Doe wrote:
Metspitzer Kilowatt charter.net wrote:

In the past occasionally Windows stopped bringing a window to
the top.

Under what circumstances? What user input? What are you doing to
bring the window to the top? I suppose you mean starting the
program, but that's just a guess.

What I do is frequently open 2 or 3 Firefox windows. Sometimes
I am listening to a documentary in one FF window and web surfing
in another one. I keep tabs on a remote computer with
TeamViewer and I keep Forte Agent open to check on Usenet. I
use FF on my main monitor and IE on my second monitor.

So all the windows are already open but when I try to switch
between them by clicking on the task bar they don't come to the
top.

Probably the most common reason is because you have combined
windows on the taskbar. You have to hover first and then move the
pointer up to select one of the windows.

The only other similar situation I know of is recently in Windows
8 during an installation or something when a new window comes up
behind the other windows.

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Sometimes I have VLC open but it's windowed. I almost never use
it full screen. The setting for it is always on top. It stays
on top, but it only takes up a quarter of the screen.

Keys is meant to be a short name for a module that synthesizes
(virtual) keystrokes. You should find a reference to
Keys.SendInput in:

vocola_ext_keys.py:10:
# Vocola procedu Keys.SendInput
def send_input(specification):

That line looks like a comment to me. I could try changing it, but
I've lost interest.

Currently, I will plan on using your extension just for keys that
Vocola 2 doesn't already support.

Also... What are the "." and "," labels?

I'm guessing these...

"oemperiod" and "oemcomma"

Thanks.

Sorry for that last post, wrong group...

In message , Metspitzer
writes:
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So all the windows are already open but when I try to switch between
them by clicking on the task bar they don't come to the top.
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What happens with the other means of switching - such as the venerable
Alt-Tab, or the whizzy 3D one that came with 7 (or was it Vista), which
is I think Win-Tab? Or clicking on a visible part of the desired window,
if part is visible?

(When this happens now, how are you getting round the problem - just
keep minimising other windows until you see the one you want, or what?)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"When was tomorrow yesterday, Mr. Marlowe?" (The Trouble with Harry)

On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:25:23 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:

In the past occasionally Windows stopped bringing a window to the top.
I could reboot and everything would work fine for weeks.

Now it seems to be happening every day. Is anyone else having this
problem. The main programs I use are Firefox, IE, VLC, TeamViewer
and Forte Agent.

I have VLC set to always stay on top.

I have already suspected that VLC might be the problem. I went all
day without using VLC and I have had no problems.

Tomorrow I will use VLC and see what happens. I suspect that if I
turn off VLC always on top the problem will go away. It really is
nice to force it always on top though.