Windows: unable to bring window to front even when trying to steal focus

[StrailerPark]

• VS Code Version: 1.101.0
• OS Version: Windows 11 Pro (26100.4349)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. I am developing a vscode extension. The VSCode extension spawns a child process, and debugs said process. In windows I see that after I hit the breakpoint, the vscode can not become the current foreground windows, and only flashes on the windows status bar.
   (same repro as this old issue)

2. I have verified the breakpoint in the below image hits in the F1 debugger, and routes down correctly into the electron API.
   

There are several solutions suggested on the electron issues board that could solve the problem for vscode. The final suggested solution, in short: minimize, show, setAlwaysOnTop, THEN focus.

[bpasero]

Our approach:

vscode/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowImpl.ts

Lines 369 to 380 in f82b740

	private doFocusWindow() {
	const win = this.win;
	if (!win) {
	return;
	}
	if (win.isMinimized()) {
	win.restore();
	}
	win.focus();
	}

[StrailerPark]

I also tried:

1. Child process calls AllowSetForegroundWindow on the vscode process id
2. Set ForegroundLockTimeout to 0 in my windows registry

Neither of the approaches helped :(