Firstly thank you for your time reading this and trying to help. I have a Windows 10 machine which I purchased new for the purpose of 1. making sure that it's fresh with no malware or hackers and thinking a new computer would run at its best. 2. primarily running full screen apps and media as it's a gaming/media computer.
However for some time now, some sort of windowless program or notification or hacker or something has been triggering full screen apps to minimize to desktop.(happens in apps that are not full screen too, except they do not minimize, they just lose focus as it switches to the desktop or another open app)
Earlier today I installed a new antivirus suite of software to see if it would help and it does not fix this. I was hoping it'd be that easy.
If you've ever had Windows pop up a question with an ok or cancel button and it minimized your full screen app for you to notice it and respond, my problem is acting very similar to that. Except there's no window and no notification. It just minimizes everything I'm doing, acts like it's thinking/sending data/loading or processing something, tabs apps in and out of focus really fast for a couple of seconds, occasionally switching/alt tabbing apps by itself, and then it stops. This can occur multiple times a day and I have no idea what program, process, or any other type of file that could cause this behavior. It's really quite jarring to be focused on work in an app and then BAM the machine freaks out.
So far I've installed av software with live active monitoring(didn't leave anything out of the subscription haha)
Turned off Windows notifications.
I've updated all Windows software, drivers and programs.
I've uninstalled any unused/rarely used programs in hopes one of those may be causing the issue.
I've made sure the only start up items are required programs and clean of anything unusual looking.
Most recently I've tried in my inexperience to identify anything unusual inside Windows event viewer but I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be looking for.
Is there anywhere in particular I should be looking for this? The only thing I can tell about whatever is causing it, will be the date and time it happens. It will leave me with no other information to hunt it down :\
This is the first time I've ever seen anything act so pointless and annoying on a PC.
Any help with figuring out how to find out what's causing all my full screen apps to randomly minimize to desktop(or otherwise tab out of focus) I would really super appreciate it.
However for some time now, some sort of windowless program or notification or hacker or something has been triggering full screen apps to minimize to desktop.(happens in apps that are not full screen too, except they do not minimize, they just lose focus as it switches to the desktop or another open app)
Earlier today I installed a new antivirus suite of software to see if it would help and it does not fix this. I was hoping it'd be that easy.
If you've ever had Windows pop up a question with an ok or cancel button and it minimized your full screen app for you to notice it and respond, my problem is acting very similar to that. Except there's no window and no notification. It just minimizes everything I'm doing, acts like it's thinking/sending data/loading or processing something, tabs apps in and out of focus really fast for a couple of seconds, occasionally switching/alt tabbing apps by itself, and then it stops. This can occur multiple times a day and I have no idea what program, process, or any other type of file that could cause this behavior. It's really quite jarring to be focused on work in an app and then BAM the machine freaks out.
So far I've installed av software with live active monitoring(didn't leave anything out of the subscription haha)
Turned off Windows notifications.
I've updated all Windows software, drivers and programs.
I've uninstalled any unused/rarely used programs in hopes one of those may be causing the issue.
I've made sure the only start up items are required programs and clean of anything unusual looking.
Most recently I've tried in my inexperience to identify anything unusual inside Windows event viewer but I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be looking for.
Is there anywhere in particular I should be looking for this? The only thing I can tell about whatever is causing it, will be the date and time it happens. It will leave me with no other information to hunt it down :\
This is the first time I've ever seen anything act so pointless and annoying on a PC.
Any help with figuring out how to find out what's causing all my full screen apps to randomly minimize to desktop(or otherwise tab out of focus) I would really super appreciate it.
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