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Jedis
2 months agoNew Contributor
Windows Hello opens in the background (After 8.12.1)
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 He...
bradt
1 month agoNew Contributor
Was there any resolution on this issue? I have had the same issue for months and am on the latest version(s). I made a ticket (541789) which I referenced this thread.
I did send in a diagnostics report but had no analysis on that and received a response to use the workaround (Unlocking the main app first which I was already doing the last few months based off this thread)
Jedis
1 month agoNew Contributor
Nothing yet. I worked around it using AutoHotkey v2. You can compile this to an exe file and throw it in the Windows Startup folder so it starts when you login. It will force the Windows Hello box to the foreground when it launches.
#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force
Persistent
A_IconTip := "Windows Hello Foregrounder"
TraySetIcon("shell32.dll", 48)
myTray := A_TrayMenu
myTray.Delete()
myTray.Add("Exit", ExitScript)
DllCall("RegisterShellHookWindow", "Ptr", A_ScriptHwnd)
OnMessage(DllCall("RegisterWindowMessage", "Str", "SHELLHOOK"), ShellHook)
ShellHook(wParam, lParam, *) {
if wParam = 1 {
try {
if WinExist("ahk_class Credential Dialog Xaml Host ahk_exe CredentialUIBroker.exe ahk_id " lParam)
WinActivate(lParam)
}
}
}
ExitScript(*) {
ExitApp()
}
- bradt1 month agoNew Contributor
Thank you for the workaround. I hadn't thought of using something like AutoHotkey to force it to the foreground (genius). Works great.