Win7 - CoH not taking focus
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Back_Blast,
Posted on: 2010-03-24 20:05 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Are you running the client in Admin mode? If not, try that. Rightclick the icon and choose "Run as Administrator" and see if that solves your problem.
Are you running the client in window mode or Fullscreen. Because you can try to switch mode so see if it helps if the admin mode isnt working.
Thanks. I have tried running it in admin mode, but that didn't seem to make any difference.
I'm sure I wouldn't have this problem if I ran in windowed mode, so that's one workaround, but... I'd kinda prefer to have fullscreen :P
Ever try just clicking the mouse somewhere on the screen? Mine does that some but all I have to do is click, say, on the password box and it comes to the fore and works fine.
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Oops. I probably should have mentioned that. When I click the mouse, the screen flashes black for a moment then goes back to the way it was (taskbar in front, no sound, no input, etc.)
Sounds like you might have something else running that's taking back the focus.
Ok, that's a partial success (sort of). If I have my Firefox window set to maximised (even if it's minimised, if you see what I mean: if the window size is maximum, whether or not the window's actually visible) then I seem to have this problem. If I'm running Firefox in a window smaller than my desktop, it doesn't happen.
I kinda like having Firefox maximised, but not doing so while playing has its advantages, too.
Odd, I can have Firefox maxed and not have that problem as you do. But I also have two monitors so if FF is up, I tend to have it on the second screen so I can see it.
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
When I start CoH, after agreeing to the ToS and it goes fullscreen, CoH doesn't take window focus: the Windows 7 taskbar is still visible, I hear no sound, and I can't do anything on the screen (i.e. enter my password). Sometimes I can force CoH to take focus by alt-tabbing away then back, but sometimes that doesn't work.
I imagine it's something I need to change in Windows 7. I've only been using Windows 7 for about a week, so I'm kinda new to all this. Any ideas?