Virtual Desktop loses active application focus windows 10

Question

Using Ctrl-Win-Arrow keys to move between different virtual desktops,  I notice the following behavior:

1. I am actively editing text in an application ( word.. ) in one virtual desktop,
2. switch to another desktop using the hotkey combination, do not type anything or select anything else. 
3. switch back to the initial desktop

The application is no longer "active" and requires me either to use a mouse to re-activate the application for further editing, or use "alt-tab" to select the application.  

it seems when you move between desktops,  the memory of which application was active on that desktop is lost.   it adds lots of irritating small additional steps when moving between many applications 

do others see this?

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10. This issue usually arises due to outdated drivers. You may try the following methods and check if it helps.

Method 1: Run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe)

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. It will scan your system files and to repair missing or corrupted system files in Windows. To run the SFC scan, refer to the Microsoft article below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

Method 2: Update Drivers

Refer to the following article and update all the drivers available.

**How to: Install and Update drivers in Windows 10**

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If you are unable to find the drivers for Windows 10, you may try toinstall the drivers in compatibility mode with Windows 8.1. 

Firstly download the driver from your computer's manufacturer website and then install it. 

Refer (Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows 

**Note:**This link also applies to Windows 10.

Method 3:

Crete a new User account

To create a new user account, refer to the steps mentioned in the following Microsoft link:

**Set up accounts**

Hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you

Answer 2

Thanks for your reply.  It does not appear that you attempted to replicate this error.  

8/30/2015

Answer 3

regretfully  the problem re-appeared after connecting a second monitor.

Answer 4

I have found that restarting the service "windows explorer"  fixes the problem.  why it shows up in the first place is unknown yet.

Answer 5

What a terrible bug! Just makes the whole virtual desktop feature almost unusable. For me this is broken almost always and I until I read the comment that restarting windows explorer might help I thought it wasn't even supposed to work... Please fix, this is really terrible.