Having opened multiple windows of the same app usually gorups them together as one button on the taskbar. Clicking it opens a preview of them and you may choose what window you would like to open. But there is a better option.
The alternative UX is to open the last opened window on the first click and use the consequent clicks to circle through the other windows.
![](https://hrach.dev/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/preview.png)
To use this behavior, simple edit a registry value:
- Open regedit
- Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
- Create or update
LastActiveClick
item with DWORD type. - Put
1
to enable or0
to disable this behavior.
I use this setting for years (10?) and totally love it. I believe this should be the default. Thanks Jan Tvrdík for this tip! It changed my life 😊.