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March 19, 2026
Question

Windows Hello opens in the background (After 8.12.1)

  • March 19, 2026
  • 6 replies
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This is still broken in 8.12.8. The window pops open under other windows and is flashing in the taskbar half of the time. The other times, it appears on screen, but does not get the foreground, so Hello doesn't work until you click into the window.

Please get this fixed. It's been broken for months now!

6 replies

1P_Gem
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
March 20, 2026

Hi @Jedis, I'm sorry to hear that you're still running into this behaviour in 8.12.8. This issue should have been fixed in version 8.12.1, so I'd like to take a closer look at why that fix hasn't improved the behaviour on your device.

Could you reproduce the issue, then create and share a diagnostics report from 1Password:

Send a diagnostics report (Windows)

Attach the diagnostics to an email message addressed to: support@1password.com

With your email please include:

  • A link to this thread: https://www.1password.community/discussions/1password/windows-hello-opens-in-background-and-doesnt-function-correctly/166499/replies/168683
  • Your forum username: Jedis

 

You'll receive a reply with a Support ID number.  Please post that number here.  Thanks!

JedisAuthor
April 1, 2026
1P_Gem wrote:

You'll receive a reply with a Support ID number. Please post that number here. Thanks!

557309

April 13, 2026

Thank you for the workaround.  I hadn't thought of using something like AutoHotkey to force it to the foreground (genius).  Works great.