Hi all,
(not sure if this is a virus or perhaps a windows 10 bug)
For the past 4 months or so whenever I play Overwatch or Phasmafobia, my game alt tabs automatically on the moments you really don't want it happening. So during the game, my PC will alt tab like this:
https://imgshare.io/image/NcGSsO
I tried all sorts of things to try and fix it:
1: Windows focus logger will log which programs are forcing a focus. However it simply mentions windows when it happens so it doesn't seem like a program is triggering it:
https://imgshare.io/image/NcKaA8
2: I disabled all "start-ups" as mentioned in step 6 on the following website: https://windowsreport.com/pc-automatically-alt-tabs/#:~:text=Press the Windows key %2B R > type msconfig and hit Enter,each app and click Disable.)
https://imgshare.io/image/NcGngX
3: I activated a script through the use of AutoHotKey as shown in the following youtube video to disable alt-tab and this actually works. So if I press Alt-tab now, NOTHING happens HOWEVER... When I play Overwatch it still automatically alt-tabs when i'm in the midst of battle.
// software AutoHotKey
4: I have Avast and did a full virus scan. No virusses found and I don't notice anything weird on my PC other than the automatic alt-tabbing.
5: running the game in borderless window / full screen / ... doesn't affect it
The weird part of this all is that I have this issue while playing Overwatch and Phasmafobia. This only seems to happen when the ghost/enemy player is really close to me. I know it sounds odd but I have had this problem for months now and it consistently only happens when a ghost/enemy player is really close to me in my crosshair... If I were to play a ranged character, it doesn't happen. If I play a close range combat character, it happends all the time. As you can imaging when you are about to kill someone and the game alt tabs... It ruins your gameplay.
I do have a keyboard + mouse with extra buttons but if I disabled the alt-tab through a script and it still happends, could it be due to the mouse or keyboard? And I also ofcourse tried pressing all sorts of key combinations trying to reproducte the situation but whatever I try, I cannot trigger the alt-tab myself (besides alt tabbing myself obviously). The keys I usually press during these situations are: z,q,s,d, mouse buttons, shift, maybe accidentally the left cntrl... but I tried everything...
I don't know what else to do. I did everything I could that I found on the internet... hopefully someone can help me here (otherwise I might just downgrade to win 7 since I read that others have similar problems with win10)
Thanks in advance for the assistance,
kind regards,
Bart
(not sure if this is a virus or perhaps a windows 10 bug)
For the past 4 months or so whenever I play Overwatch or Phasmafobia, my game alt tabs automatically on the moments you really don't want it happening. So during the game, my PC will alt tab like this:
https://imgshare.io/image/NcGSsO
I tried all sorts of things to try and fix it:
1: Windows focus logger will log which programs are forcing a focus. However it simply mentions windows when it happens so it doesn't seem like a program is triggering it:
https://imgshare.io/image/NcKaA8
2: I disabled all "start-ups" as mentioned in step 6 on the following website: https://windowsreport.com/pc-automatically-alt-tabs/#:~:text=Press the Windows key %2B R > type msconfig and hit Enter,each app and click Disable.)
https://imgshare.io/image/NcGngX
3: I activated a script through the use of AutoHotKey as shown in the following youtube video to disable alt-tab and this actually works. So if I press Alt-tab now, NOTHING happens HOWEVER... When I play Overwatch it still automatically alt-tabs when i'm in the midst of battle.
// software AutoHotKey
4: I have Avast and did a full virus scan. No virusses found and I don't notice anything weird on my PC other than the automatic alt-tabbing.
5: running the game in borderless window / full screen / ... doesn't affect it
The weird part of this all is that I have this issue while playing Overwatch and Phasmafobia. This only seems to happen when the ghost/enemy player is really close to me. I know it sounds odd but I have had this problem for months now and it consistently only happens when a ghost/enemy player is really close to me in my crosshair... If I were to play a ranged character, it doesn't happen. If I play a close range combat character, it happends all the time. As you can imaging when you are about to kill someone and the game alt tabs... It ruins your gameplay.
I do have a keyboard + mouse with extra buttons but if I disabled the alt-tab through a script and it still happends, could it be due to the mouse or keyboard? And I also ofcourse tried pressing all sorts of key combinations trying to reproducte the situation but whatever I try, I cannot trigger the alt-tab myself (besides alt tabbing myself obviously). The keys I usually press during these situations are: z,q,s,d, mouse buttons, shift, maybe accidentally the left cntrl... but I tried everything...
I don't know what else to do. I did everything I could that I found on the internet... hopefully someone can help me here (otherwise I might just downgrade to win 7 since I read that others have similar problems with win10)
Thanks in advance for the assistance,
kind regards,
Bart
