

While these remedies occasionally proved helpful to some, none of them are universally reliable. On e ElevenForum post proposed various ideas, such as disabling autoplay, entering a command in PowerShell, and deactivating Focus Assist. But if you can’t wait, there are a couple of things you can try, with limited success.Ī number of individuals have made efforts to address the issue. This does mean that Microsoft is aware of the issue and will likely be rolling out an update to fix the Explorer bug soon. These builds are released to the public to test when the public opt into them. There is an official fix, but you’ll have to enroll in the Dev and Canary builds of Windows 11, essentially these are builds that are currently in development and still contain bugs. The bug can be rather annoying and disruptive, especially when playing games and trying to complete work and Explorer decides to pull focus from whatever you doing. Many of us in the office have experienced this bug firsthand, personally, it startles me every time, been though I’m aware of it. If someone isn’t aware of this bug they could easily be convinced there is someone inside your system controlling your PC. This bug is not the end of the world, nor is it system-breaking, but it can be scary. Other users also reported in the comments section that they too have seen similar issues with Windows 11. In January 2023, a Reddit user by the name of Lieuallen posted a thread on the Windows subreddit stating that “File Explorer steals focus seemingly at random unless it is closed after use. However, it seems that despite the release bug, Microsoft has yet to rectify it. An intriguing component added was the tabs feature in the File Explorer application, albeit it was delayed until October due to pre-release setbacks. The Windows 11 22H2 update was made available in September 2022, which incorporated various features and changes. Or in simpler terms, this Windows 11 bug opens Explorer randomly. This bug changes the window focus to file explorer for no reason. However, there has been one bug that remains untouched since last year’s Windows 11 22H2 update. After all, nobody would use the Windows OS if it was an utterly buggy mess. Microsoft is pretty well known for fixing the things they break.
