osRe Posted September 14, 2013 Author Posted September 14, 2013 Try renaming alttab.dll in system32, then copying the replacement.And I'll have to have a direct look...
DoopaDoop Posted September 14, 2013 Posted September 14, 2013 Ok that worked, we're back to original behavior. Thanks Come to think of it, that might be what I had to do to replace the dll to begin with.
osRe Posted September 14, 2013 Author Posted September 14, 2013 And here's the fix. AltTab-no_desktop_no_thumbs_v2-win8_x86.zip
DoopaDoop Posted September 15, 2013 Posted September 15, 2013 Awesome! At first I thought it wasn't working because I had the registry setting at 1, but then realized it works on the default setting of 0. Thanks so much
xpclient Posted September 15, 2013 Posted September 15, 2013 Is there a chance we can get this awesome patch to do in-memory patching instead of on-disk patching?
DoopaDoop Posted September 16, 2013 Posted September 16, 2013 Oh hey it still shows up when there's only 1 window. I don't mind because I don't press Alt-Tab with only 1 window up, but you wanted to know.
osRe Posted September 19, 2013 Author Posted September 19, 2013 Oh hey it still shows up when there's only 1 window. I don't mind because I don't press Alt-Tab with only 1 window up, but you wanted to know.Thanks. This is intended. Otherwise you can't Alt-Tab to a single window if the focus is elsewhere, like the desktop, taskbar, or windows without taskbar buttons.Is there a chance we can get this awesome patch to do in-memory patching instead of on-disk patching?I might look into that later on.
osRe Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) A version for Windows 8.1 x64. Seems okay, but not tested much as I don't yet use 8.1. CleanAltTab_win81_x64.zip Edited December 22, 2013 by shae
NoelC Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Something not really mentioned here, but worth discussing in context:Bear with me please, it's been a long time since I thought about this, and some of it is from memory...With Vista (I think it was) the Z-ordering of windows was no longer maintained the same way as XP - I guess Microsoft figured some half-baked sorting of the list was somehow better than deterministically knowing that when you minimized a window it would always show up at the end, and the next most recent window used would be second in the list, third most recent third in the list, and so on.In short, with XP and earlier you could keep a mental image of the Z-order and instinctively use Alt-Tab (or Shift-Alt-Tab) the proper number of times to reach the various windows you had been using. A power user didn't have to look at the list as much. I found that convenient, though I've gotten somewhat used to not having it.Is there any way to tweak Explorer (or whatever) to return the old XP-like behavior?-Noel
GrofLuigi Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Is there any way to tweak Explorer (or whatever) to return the old XP-like behavior?-Noel"AltTabSettings" registry value? (as I mentioned in the second post in this thread )GL
NoelC Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) "AltTabSettings" registry value? (as I mentioned in the second post in this thread )I'd like it to look and work substantially as it does now, but with a more sensible Z-ordering. Is that what the "Old Style Alt+Tab Dialog" setting does?Going to try it out in a VM...-Noel Edited December 23, 2013 by NoelC
osRe Posted December 24, 2013 Author Posted December 24, 2013 Can you detail more on what's changed? I didn't notice a difference; it seems ordered like it's always been.
xpclient Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Here's what changed: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2008/07/01/8673981.aspx They conclude no one has a problem with it.
osRe Posted December 24, 2013 Author Posted December 24, 2013 With 15 windows I don't see alphabetic order. In what cases does it happen?
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