This problem has frustrated me so much, here are things I do currently: - Ctrl-<number> focus on or start my regular applications (with an autohotkey script).

This problem has frustrated me so much, here are things I do currently: - Ctrl-<number> focus on or start my regular applications (with an autohotkey script). That is 10 applications, more then enough. - Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab are replaced with Ctrl-; and Ctrl-h I've also tried a script that matches Ctrl-<number> with the programs that are in the taskbar. But found that as the order changes from time to time, I have to recheck what number to use.