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default4xny08bdj4rk
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June 25, 2021
Question

AE stealing focus

  • June 25, 2021
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I've noticed that in AE2020 and 2021, as I alt-tab between windows, AE tried to grab focus back.
For example, it's often something like this:

- Use AE
- Alt-tab to another window 
- AE grabs focus, like I'd alt-tabbed back to AE

or

- Use AE
- Alt-tab to another window / program
- As i'm using the other program (in windowed mode), if my mouse moves off that window, and in front of AE (if AE is full screen behind the window in front) it behaves as if I'd again alt-tabbed into AE. 

Only AE seems to be doing this, and only 2020 and 2021. 2019 is unaffected.

Any ideas? I've tried other mice in different USB points as well.

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    Frank_B
    Frank_B
    Inspiring
    December 18, 2023

    Any progress on solving this issue?

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      default4xny08bdj4rkAuthor
      Participant
      January 9, 2024

      nope :C

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        armtim
        Participant
        May 18, 2022

        Did you find a solution to this? Its driving me mad 😞
        Stealing focus when autosaving in the background and on render completion.

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          default4xny08bdj4rkAuthor
          Participant
          May 19, 2022

          not really, but I ended up upgrading to windows 11, and keeping my ae 2021 up to date, it eventually went away (and I didn't realise it until now!)

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          armtim
          Participant
          May 20, 2022

          Thanks for letting me know. I'll consider win 11 😕😕

          Mylenium
          Mylenium
          Legend
          June 25, 2021

          It's apparently a bug/ bad code in the hardware accelerated UI functions. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to affect all users, so it's hard to pin down what exactly is causing it and since you haven#t offered any system info it wilkl be hard to advise beyond the usual "try a different graphics driver".

           

          Mylenium

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          default4xny08bdj4rkAuthor
          Participant
          June 25, 2021

          Hi Mylenium,

          Going point, here's some info from my dxdiag:

          Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 19042) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
          Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
          System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
          System Model: System Product Name
          BIOS: 1405 (type: UEFI)
          Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor (24 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
          Memory: 65536MB RAM
          Available OS Memory: 65450MB RAM
          Page File: 79220MB used, 35380MB available
          Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
          DirectX Version: DirectX 12
          DX Setup Parameters: Not found
          User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
          Miracast: Available, no HDCP
          Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
          DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8
          DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.0928 64bit Unicode

          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
          Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
          DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
          Device Type: Full Device (POST)
          Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_2206&SUBSYS_38973842&REV_A1
          Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
          Device Problem Code: No Problem
          Driver Problem Code: Unknown
          Display Memory: 42801 MB
          Dedicated Memory: 10077 MB
          Shared Memory: 32724 MB
          Current Mode: 3440 x 1440 (32 bit) (100Hz)
          HDR Support: Not Supported
          Display Topology: Internal
          Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
          Color Primaries: Red(0.639648,0.330078), Green(0.299805,0.599609), Blue(0.150391,0.059570), White Point(0.312500,0.329102)
          Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
          Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
          Monitor Model: Acer X34 P
          Monitor Id: ACR054F
          Native Mode: 3440 x 1440(p) (59.973Hz)
          Output Type: Displayport External
          Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
          Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
          Advanced Color: Not Supported
          Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispsi.inf_amd64_d610222ce397fb36\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispsi.inf_amd64_d610222ce397fb36\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispsi.inf_amd64_d610222ce397fb36\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispsi.inf_amd64_d610222ce397fb36\nvldumdx.dll
          Driver File Version: 30.00.0014.7111 (English)
          Driver Version: 30.0.14.7111
          DDI Version: 12
          Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
          Driver Model: WDDM 2.7
          Hardware Scheduling: Supported:True Enabled:False
          Graphics Preemption: Pixel
          Compute Preemption: Dispatch
          Miracast: Not Supported
          Detachable GPU: No
          Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
          Power P-states: Not Supported
          Virtualization: Paravirtualization
          Block List: No Blocks
          Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
          Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Driver Date/Size: 21/06/2021 10:00:00 AM, 1054232 bytes
          WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
          Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-6146-11CF-3540-99180EC2D335}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x2206
          SubSys ID: 0x38973842
          Revision ID: 0x00A1
          Driver Strong Name: oem30.inf:0f066de3b91a4307:Section091:30.0.14.7111:pci\ven_10de&dev_2206
          Rank Of Driver: 00CF2001

          I got the latest Studio drivers from NVidia yesterday, no dice though unfortunately.

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