Forum OpenACS Q&A: Offtopic: Can I get popup windows to quit grabbing focus on Win9x

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1: Offtopic: Can I get popup windows to quit grabbing focus on Win9x
Posted by S. Y. on 08/20/01 02:58 AM
Is there something I can do to quit letting other things (e.g.,
random, spurious windows) grab focus on Win9x? I need to boot Win98 SE
sometimes and it's really annoying while I'm typing in emacs to lose
focus because of some stupid popup ad. Is there some registry setting
that I can hack (and if so, how do I do this)?

Sorry, I'm just rather annoyed by this today, but I'd still like to
know if this is possible. I understand very little about Windows so
any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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2: Response to Offtopic: Can I get popup windows to quit grabbing focus on Win9x (response to 1)
Posted by Peter Alberer on 08/21/01 11:00 AM
Hi Sean,

if you just want to get rid of web popup windows you can use webwasher. this is a little proxy application, that can filter cookies, javascript, animated gifs and a lot more. it is highly configurable. you can download a free version (for home use) at http://www.webwasher.de/en/products/wwash/download.htm

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3: Response to Offtopic: Can I get popup windows to quit grabbing focus on Win9x (response to 1)
Posted by S. Y. on 08/21/01 08:36 PM
Thanks Peter. I've been using Junkbuster for a couple of years now, but I'll try Webwasher (Junkbuster is another proxy-type app that does similar stuff). On Windoze, I'm using a cheapo dial-up ISP and they cram some ads in my face. I was just hoping there would be some way to hack the "window manager".
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4: Response to Offtopic: Can I get popup windows to quit grabbing focus on Win9x (response to 1)
Posted by Jonathan Ellis on 08/21/01 08:47 PM
I believe the windows API call is SetForegroundWindow, and I don't know of any way to globally disable it.