Taskbar Focus over WMC? Confused...

[Cerdinak]

Hi everyone,

I have a problem which I'm totally perplexed on. I'm running Windows 8.1 and Windows Media Center since November 2013, and before it have been running Windows 8 since October 2012. I haven't had any issues and it worked pretty well.
However, Since February 2014 - anytime my system goes unused for a period of time - I come back my TV and media center is loaded but the taskbar is on top of it - requiring me to get the keyboard and click on the WMC to bring it back into focus so the remote control works again. This has become very frustrating.

Any clue to help?

Thanks so much in advance!
Cerd

[IownFIVEechos]

Hi everyone,

I have a problem which I'm totally perplexed on. I'm running Windows 8.1 and Windows Media Center since November 2013, and before it have been running Windows 8 since October 2012. I haven't had any issues and it worked pretty well.
However, Since February 2014 - anytime my system goes unused for a period of time - I come back my TV and media center is loaded but the taskbar is on top of it - requiring me to get the keyboard and click on the WMC to bring it back into focus so the remote control works again. This has become very frustrating.

Any clue to help?

Thanks so much in advance!
Cerd

Try and set your media center to be 'on top' of everything. I think that is a setting 'always on top' or something like that.

Edited: If all you care about is not having to use the mouse, just click the green media center button on your remote. That will bring it back to the forefront. I have had it happen on occasions in windows 7. That's my work around. Good luck.

[barnabas1969]

I don't know if this will help you on Win 8, but I had this problem on Windows 7. It turned out to be the Display setting to make everything on your desktop larger (Control Panel -> Display). When not set to the default of 100%, the taskbar misbehaves when any full-screen video application is on top.