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I've had an issue for a while now which makes my Alt + Tab not work and function correctly.

I can't:

  • Click on it
  • It displays items which are supposed to be hidden (?)
  • It doesn't use the Aero theme

I've tried the following:

  • Rebooting
  • Closing dwm.exe
  • Updating Windows.

If there is a need for OS: I'm running Win 8.1 x64.

Example:

screenshot of alt-tab

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  • Your question is unclear. Are you saying you have the same problem as mentioned in the question you linked to? You can upload a screenshot to imgur.com and add link to it in your question.
    – Karan
    Jun 10, 2015 at 8:15
  • Trying to printscreen just closes the alt tab. Also it's not the same but worse.
    – Ferdi
    Jun 10, 2015 at 8:22
  • You'll need to use a camera then, because it's difficult to understand what you're experiencing.
    – Karan
    Jun 10, 2015 at 8:23
  • I've added an example I found via google. If this is not enough I'll take a picture with a camera.
    – Ferdi
    Jun 10, 2015 at 8:27
  • Well looks basically like a duplicate of Alt-tab in Windows 8.1 looks like Windows XP. Try restarting the DWM. Also check if it works properly with a new local user account.
    – Karan
    Jun 10, 2015 at 8:36

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Try this:

Please follow these simple steps:

  1. Type regedit in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

  2. Now go to the following key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
    
  3. In the right-side pane, create a new DWORD AltTabSettings and set its value to 1

    screenshot of regedit

  4. That's it. Log off or restart Explorer as mentioned here to apply changes.

Now whenever you'll press Alt+Tab keys together, it'll show Windows XP styled classic Alt+Tab Switcher screen instead of the new screen.

  1. To restore the new Alt+Tab Switcher screen, simply delete the AltTabSettings DWORD created in step 3. Log off and login again to take effect.

[Tip] Get Windows XP Style Classic “Alt+Tab” Switcher Screen in Windows Vista and Later

(Or rather, try the reverse of that)

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  • This got it working. The reverse that is. I never set this though so I find it odd it ws changed.
    – Ferdi
    Jun 10, 2015 at 11:25
  • I just restarted Explorer and it worked. That DWORD was not set.
    – Chloe
    Nov 29, 2015 at 20:48

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