windows - My Alt + Tab menu looks and works oddly

I've had an issue for a while now which makes my Alt + Tab not work and function correctly.

I can't:

• Click on it


• It displays items which are supposed to be hidden (?)


• It doesn't use the Aero theme

I've tried the following:

• Rebooting


• Closing dwm.exe


• Updating Windows.

If there is a need for OS: I'm running Win 8.1 x64.

Example:

Answer

Try this:

Please follow these simple steps:

1. 
   

   Type regedit in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

   
   


2. 
   

   Now go to the following key:

   
   

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
   



3. 
   

   In the right-side pane, create a new DWORD AltTabSettings and set its value to 1

   
   

   

   
   


4. 
   

   That's it. Log off or restart Explorer as mentioned here to apply changes.

   
   

Now whenever you'll press Alt+Tab keys together, it'll show Windows XP styled classic Alt+Tab Switcher screen instead of the new screen.

5. To restore the new Alt+Tab Switcher screen, simply delete the AltTabSettings DWORD created in step 3. Log off and login again to take effect.

[Tip] Get Windows XP Style Classic “Alt+Tab” Switcher Screen in Windows Vista and Later

(Or rather, try the reverse of that)