Re: Outlook blinks in the taskbar, but doesn't become the active window

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Dave Patrick

You might get your desired result by adjusting;

"ForegroundLockTimeout"
Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system will not
allow applications to force themselves into the foreground.

and

"ForegroundFlashCount"
Determines the number of times the taskbar button will flash to notify the
user that a background window has been activated by the system. If the time
elapsed since the last user input exceeds the value of
"ForegroundLockTimeout", the window will automatically be brought to the
foreground.

The D_Word values can be found at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Setting them to zero should effectively disable them.
 
Hi Dave,

thanks for your solution !

Do you know why this effect only appears the first time I start Outlook out
of Word.
When I later open a certain document that starts Outlook, Outlook is shown
in the foreground right away?
Does the system notices my "OK" that Outlook is allowed to be shown in the
foreground ?

Thanks again.

Reagards,
Jonas

Dave Patrick said:
You might get your desired result by adjusting;

"ForegroundLockTimeout"
Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system will not
allow applications to force themselves into the foreground.

and

"ForegroundFlashCount"
Determines the number of times the taskbar button will flash to notify the
user that a background window has been activated by the system. If the time
elapsed since the last user input exceeds the value of
"ForegroundLockTimeout", the window will automatically be brought to the
foreground.

The D_Word values can be found at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Setting them to zero should effectively disable them.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Jonas said:
Hi

AFAIK there's a special handling with application in Windows2000.
I wrote a macro that starts Outlook out of Word, but when it's started the
first time right after the system was loaded,
it always starts Outlook in the "background". In the taskbar you can see it
blinking and after you clicked it, it will always
appear in the foreground.

It the a registry key that you can disable or enable to make Outlook start
right away in the foreground without having
to "confirm" its start in the foreground the first time it's started out of
Word.

Any solutions ?

Jonas
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Hi Dave,

thanks for your solution !

Do you know why this effect only appears the first time I start Outlook out
of Word.
When I later open a certain document that starts Outlook, Outlook is shown
in the foreground right away?
Does the system notices my "OK" that Outlook is allowed to be shown in the
foreground ?

Thanks again.

Reagards,
Jonas

Dave Patrick said:
You might get your desired result by adjusting;

"ForegroundLockTimeout"
Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system will not
allow applications to force themselves into the foreground.

and

"ForegroundFlashCount"
Determines the number of times the taskbar button will flash to notify the
user that a background window has been activated by the system. If the time
elapsed since the last user input exceeds the value of
"ForegroundLockTimeout", the window will automatically be brought to the
foreground.

The D_Word values can be found at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Setting them to zero should effectively disable them.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Jonas said:
Hi

AFAIK there's a special handling with application in Windows2000.
I wrote a macro that starts Outlook out of Word, but when it's started the
first time right after the system was loaded,
it always starts Outlook in the "background". In the taskbar you can see it
blinking and after you clicked it, it will always
appear in the foreground.

It the a registry key that you can disable or enable to make Outlook start
right away in the foreground without having
to "confirm" its start in the foreground the first time it's started out of
Word.

Any solutions ?

Jonas
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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