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Topic: «Alt+Tab causes strange issues , Alt+Tab causes strange issues » on forum: Technical Support

Josh Jeppson
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Posted: 07/03/2013 11:51:26

I'm seeing a strange issue with AWM and Win8 when I alt+tab fr om a metro style app.

The task switcher window appears and the metro app disappears, however, I'm now stuck in a limbo state wh ere the task switcher window won't go away and I can't click on it or do anything with it. I can't alt+tab back to the metro app either. Occasionally it will get stuck as if I am holding alt+tab down and it starts to cycle rapidly. The only way to get out of either of these scenarios is to bring the start screen back up and click on the desktop tile. This is annoying when the task switcher window is stuck on screen and almost impossible when it gets stuck in the cycling mode.

If I disable AWM completely (reboot required, stopping or killing doesn't work) then everything works normally.

Actual Window Manager 7.5.1
Windows 8 Pro x64

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Josh Jeppson
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Posted: 07/10/2013 12:39:50

Has nobody else seen this issue?

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Pim Joosten
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Posted: 07/10/2013 14:34:13

I am not using Windows 8... Sorry

Edit: You may want to check out whether this is the same issue (I have not read this entire thread, so I do not know whether it is similar to your issue). If it is the same issue, you may want to download the latest beta.

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Bogdan Polishchuk
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Posted: 07/11/2013 16:00:38

Hello Gentlemen

Josh, the problem has been confirmed.

We'll try to fix it.

Best regards.

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Josh Jeppson
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Posted: 07/13/2013 15:46:52

Looking forward to that fix. Running without AWM feels very... archaic.

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Josh Jeppson
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Posted: 07/24/2013 09:59:31

Any update on this?

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Josh Jeppson
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Posted: 08/03/2013 10:14:38

Checking in to see if there has been progress in solving this issue.

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Josh Jeppson
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Posted: 08/16/2013 09:52:47

Does Actual Window Manager 8.0 solve this problem? If so, is upgrading the only solution being offered by Actual Tools? Given that I just purchased AWM7 in March and have been unable to use it for 20% of the time since purchase (I notified Actual Tools of this issue at the beginning of July), could I get an additional discount for the upgrade?

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Alexander Salnikov
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Posted: 08/22/2013 14:29:17

Good day Josh,

Sorry for the delay with reply. We had staff difficulties here.
This is a known issue and we are still trying to fix it.I will tell you if there is a progress on it.

Any questions?Mail to support@actualtools.com!

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Vasiliy Ivachev
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Posted: 01/23/2014 18:53:58

Hello gentlemen,

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- This problem has been fixed in the current 8.1 version of Actual Window Manager (download link - http://actualtools.com/files/aimsetup.exe ).

Could you confirm this?

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