Re: XP Taskbar Anomaly, Help?

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From: root (postmaster_at_buchanangc.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:18:42 -0700

Using XP Pro with all the latest WinUP fixes etc.(no SP2 yet) I like to
keep 10-12 IE6 windows open and others. I don't set the combine similar
icon mode so the icons line up in the taskbar. After awhile(day) frequently
I find
that clicking an icon(IE6 or OE6 NG message) in the taskbar does NOT
open(cause to come to foreground) the correct window that is associated with
that taskbar icon. One of the other IE6s pops forward. I have 384MB RAM
and the swap fileis 576MB and the disk is defragged. Task manager shows
the
largest 'Commit Charge Peak' is 710 MB.

Does anyone know what happening and how to fix it? Restart does correct
it but how do I make it just work all the time?

In a follow-on post I added:

I have no problem with the icons appearing in the taskbar and the icons
remaining in their original order in the taskbar.

A restart does fix it for me and it stays fixed for sometime but always
eventually(a day or so since last restart) then the problem I describe
returns. The wrong window comes forward when I click a task bar icon.
Usually
it's the same wrong wondow for several of the icons and it's often a window
I've
been recently active in. Minimize that wrong window and then click the
original icon again and then usualy I can get the right one to come up.

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