Nice - that seems to have done the trick.

Not a single problem with around 20 attempts. Previously it was almost guaranteed to crash.

Thanks for that

Nothing visible at all, but the crashes are in the event log: Faulting application name: DexControl.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0x4fce28be Faulting module name: DexControl.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0x4fce28be Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00006542 Faulting process id: 0x...

Dexcontrol.exe terminates and refuses to run after return from Direct-X full screen - for example: Phoenix RC Sim v4, Trackmania, rFactor. In the plugin settings tab, Dexcontrol is unchecked and cannot be checked. Dexpot must be restarted for Dexcontrol to start working again. The same Direct-X apps...

One way I still see windows getting lost is (with all taskbar items visible) to attempt to use the close button in the taskbar thumbnail to kill an application that isn't on the current desktop. With many applications, the button does nothing - VirtualBox springs to mind - however some applications ...

Patrick wrote:Does the problem still occur when the persistent taskbar option ("Keep all taskbar buttons visible") is disabled?

Based on a couple of days of use - so far no. However it was only happening occasionally so it's difficult to state categorically that it isn't going to happen.

Same problem here (occasionally) - Win 7 32bit - persistent taskbar is active. The tricky part with this is that it doesn't happen that often, but for me it's definitely a new 1.6 issue. Switching to an app on another desktop (in my case generally via Desktop Preview or Windows taskbar), the desktop...