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What is the Alt+Tab order?

October 20, 2003 Oct 20, 2003 10/20/03

Raymond Chen

What determines the order in which icons appear in the Alt+Tab list? The icons appear in the same order as the window Z-order. When you switch to a window, then it comes to the top of the Z-order. If you minimize a window, it goes to the bottom of the Z-order. The Alt+Esc hotkey (gosh, does ...