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Office windows dont get focus when using LiveEdit

zyx974_
Confirmed Champ
Confirmed Champ

Hi,

When I click on a LiveEdit link, the document is opening well with Office but the window doesn't get the focus on screen : the user doesn't see the window (which is behind the browser) and he thinks that it doesn't work.

Is there a configuration to resolve this annoying problem in enterprise environnment ?

This is my configuration:

  1. Windows 7 64 bits
  2. Office 2010 64 bits
  3. IE8 or Firefox 21 (same behaviour)
  4. LiveEdit 2.4.5 64bits

Zyx974.

2 REPLIES 2

zyx974_
Confirmed Champ
Confirmed Champ

I found a fix which seems to work pretty well, based on this article :

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie8-windows_other/new-browser-window-always-open-in-back...;

I had to modify a key in the registry :

  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
  2. Modify this variable: ForegroundLockTimeout
  3. Put '0' instead of '200000'
  4. Reboot

It worked for Windows XP, 7 and Office 32bits and 64bits

bruce_Grant
Elite Collaborator
Elite Collaborator

Will give this a try.