Well this is the kiss of death for these sorts of programs. Why on earth would it get the focus when ran minimized and why would it not be minimized at all, but off screen? It's the worst of both worlds, so to speak.
Minimized programs don't get the focus (and have an icon in the taskbar). Background programs have an icon in the tray to interact with them, close them, etc. (and they sure don't get the focus either).
This thing seems to have invented its own rules and it's about the worst thing it could do, considering it's meant to run on an arcade cabinet. Have heard of HyperSpin losing the focus on startup and this is a likely suspect. I ran it on a Windows 11 box today from a shortcut (set to show minimized) and sure enough, it stole the focus from Explorer. Should be easy to replicate.
Please fix. I'd have reported the issue on GitHub, but can't see an Issues tab on its repository. (?)
Thanks! It's really much improved from the old version, except for this nonsense behavior.
PS. We only use it for the Pixelcade LED "FX" (or whatever it is called). Works great, except for the feature that puts the marquee back after an effect. That's never worked, AFAIK, so I disable it (else it allows the effect to only show for 1ms or so). Again, I'd check the Issues tab on the repo, but... 
EDIT: Forum seems to have posted this twice. (?)
Also, I think I have a PowerShell solution for this problem. Will post if anyone is interested. Putting a minimized shortcut in shell:startup is clearly not going to work, as it will then race HyperSpin (or whatever) for focus. But there are other ways to make it run (before the shell:startup stuff and can possibly run hidden, though expect that will break it). For the love of God, please make this program stop focusing itself off-screen. 
Edited by djm468, 05 May 2026 - 06:57 PM.
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