Alt+Tab doesn't work in Excel 2010 / Windows 10

Benzadeus

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Hi guys, if you have a setup of Excel 2010 and Windows 10, try creating two workbooks and then using Alt+Tab.
Did you notice that the functionality is broken under Windows 10 (that is, the workbooks don't switch). Even worse, you can't Alt+Tab to other applications in Windows.

Have you figured a workaround?
 

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Which version of Windows 10 are you using?

Do you have problems with any other functionality?
 
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Thank you for your answers.

This has happened in several Windows 10/Excel 2010 machines, even with my colleagues. Maybe it is a specific Excel 2010 pt-BR (brazilian portuguese) issue (or Windows pt-BR)? I don't know.

It turns out that Special-K99 inspired me how to solve my problem, in a lucky guess: I turned my Alt+Tab to the old style. To do that, type in command prompt as Administrator de command line below:

powershell.exe Set-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer AltTabSettings ([int]1)
 
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