For some time, I have been struggling with programs losing focus. Finally, I downloaded "Windows Focus Logger" to identify what is causing the problem. Every 3 hours, McUICnt.exe is doing something in my system, and that is causing my current window to briefly lose focus. It returns after about 1-2 seconds. This is extremely annoying because, if I am typing in a window (like this), I will lose keystrokes! This particularly is annoying when I am gaming. For instance, on Terraia, where having focus is particularly important and based on time-reaction, McUICnt.exe completely ruins the game and make me die because my 'attacks' are stoppedwhen this happens.
What is McUICnt.exe doing every 3 hours? Can I somehow remove it? I looked everywhere in the settings, and I cannot find a scheduled job that is running every 3 hours. Further, I checked the Windows task scheduler, and I cannot find any McAfee jobs in there at all.
I love the product, and I look forward to a resolution.
I would suggest to turn off all pop up Notifications related to McAfee.( Open McAfee GUI > General Settings and Alerts > Uncheck all Informational Alerts > Click Apply)
Also Change Update Setting to be Manual where you can check for updates whenever you wish.
Applying the above steps will never create a Desktop Notification therefore you can continue with your Game without losing Focus.
Please Post back your observations..!
Cheers
Sanjay
This issue has been plague users since 2010, this post suggests the only real solution is uninstalling McAfee and going with a competitor, it's still happening to me as well and has been for years. And to be clear it is not a 'pop-up' or some other piece of UI that is coming into the foreground.
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