Keep the focussed application when clicking on an icon

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I have written a program in c# that just pastes into the clipboard
I have pinned it to the task bar.
When I click on the icon the program which had the focus then loses it.

Is there any way I can stop any arbitrary program from losing the focus when I click on the icon for my program?

What I have tried:

I don't know what to try. So any ideas would be useful.

Posted 14-Feb-16 6:33am

KevinBadger

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-14T06:42:00

No, you can't. WHen you click on the task bar, you switch the focus from the current application to the desktop - which then decides it's a task bar icon, and activate sthe application associated with it.
Unfortunately, Windows doesn't maintain any "focus history" so you can;t even find out which application previously had the focus and switch back to it.
The alternative is you set your app up as a "smart key" and get Windows to activate it when a specific combination is pressed.