Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - how can i avoid unwanted alt-tabbing in the game? - Forum

Hi all, I have the following problem: I play on the PC (Win 10) via Steam with mouse and keyboard. I play a lot with the three mouse actions, e.g. Cyclone on the right mouse button, Frost Blades on the left. This means that I press the right mouse button permanently and always circle around the opponents with the mouse. When I'm at a boss, e.g. on maps, unfortunately it often happens that the computer brings me the Alt-Tab dialog, which of course is directly in front of the game screen. This happens both with the Full Screen setting, then I actually end up on the desktop and the game is minimized, and with Windowed Full Screen, then only the Alt-Tab screen is in front of the game window. In both cases, of course, I can't play at that moment, and in half the time I' m dead. Does anyone also know this benaviour and how I can prevent this accidental alt-tab from happening? Thank you very much... thx, DoronNix Last bumped on Oct 1, 2019, 8:59:27 PM	Posted by DoronNix#6926 on Sep 30, 2019, 5:16:57 AM Quote this Post
" DoronNix wrote: Hi all, I have the following problem: I play on the PC (Win 10) via Steam with mouse and keyboard. I play a lot with the three mouse actions, e.g. Cyclone on the right mouse button, Frost Blades on the left. This means that I press the right mouse button permanently and always circle around the opponents with the mouse. When I'm at a boss, e.g. on maps, unfortunately it often happens that the computer brings me the Alt-Tab dialog, which of course is directly in front of the game screen. This happens both with the Full Screen setting, then I actually end up on the desktop and the game is minimized, and with Windowed Full Screen, then only the Alt-Tab screen is in front of the game window. In both cases, of course, I can't play at that moment, and in half the time I' m dead. Does anyone also know this benaviour and how I can prevent this accidental alt-tab from happening? Thank you very much... thx, DoronNix I play KB/M exclusively, and last league I played a leapslam/cyclone build. I've never seen the behavior you have. Personally I've moved away from using the mouse for my primary attacks. Cyclone was on 'R' (as is my Venom Gyre this league) right mouse is my primary move, leap slam last league, whirling blades this league. Utilities are on the keyboard as well, left mouse is move only. Depending on how heavily your hand rests on your keyboard is it possible your thumb rests on the alt key and pinky on the tab. With a soft touch keyboard it might be possible to press alt-tab without intending to depending on your hand position.	Posted by Phoenicis#4416 on Sep 30, 2019, 8:15:44 AM Quote this Post
My keyboard lets me disable the windows key if that’s how you keep hitting the alt-tab combination. Guild Leader The Amazon Basin <BASIN> Play Nice and Show Some Class www.theamazonbasin.com	Posted by mark1030#3643 on Sep 30, 2019, 10:31:31 AM Quote this Post
Either you are constantly trying to check loot (Alt) while you're also playing with your minimap (Tab), or you have some weird input problem with your mouse. Try this if you want, but it will fully disable alt+tab. You can always Win+Tab to swap windows too. " How can I disable Alt-Tab? Start the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Double click on Coolswitch. Set to 0 and click OK. Close the registry editor.	Posted by RatchetMyPlank#4328 on Oct 1, 2019, 8:59:27 PM Quote this Post