I've been a .NET developer for several years now and this is still one of those things I don't know how to do properly. It's easy to hide a window from the taskbar via a property in both Windows Fo...

I'm working remotely via a VMWare Horizon Client portal to access my Windows 10 desktop. I have zero admin rights to modify registries, install software, access the client's settings, etc. Is there...

Added info: When I use my .exe file in Windows 7 everything works as it should. It does not work in Windows 10. And I can't figure out why. Original post: Probably I just need more coffee... ... b...

I'm mapping events coming from an external sensor (e.g. a keypad) to keyboard shortcuts and I would like to switch applications using the Fast switch overlay window ( i.e. Alt-Tab menu"), but I wan...

When I run a fullscreen window (C++ with SDL using the SDL_FULLSCREEN flag), alt-tab has no effect. Researching it, I only found posts of people having problems with it. Is there a way to do it con...

ok, I have found many posts on finding a window by name, etc. What I have not found is how to find and switch the window application focus to last active window. The code I am showing below will gi...

I am writing a game in C++ using SDL 1.2.14 and the OpenGL bindings included with it. However, if the game is in fullscreen and I Alt - Tab out then back into the game, the results are unpredictab...

(see edits) I'm developing a QT/c++ application under gnome. The application a main window and QListBox child window. Both of these windows show up as separate main windows when I alt-tab away...

When writing DirectX applications, obviously it's desirable to support the user suspending the application via Alt-Tab in a way that's fast and error-free. What is the best set of practices for ens...