# Windows 11: How do I make flashing apps on taskbar a little less sublte?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-how-do-i-make-flashing-apps-on-taskbar-a-little-less-sublte/965853 "2022-06-08T01:24:11Z")\
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I’m borrowing a Windows 11 computer while my Windows 10 computer gets fixed, and one thing I’ve noticed is that when I have a message waiting for me on Discord or mIRC, the flashing is much, _much_ more subtle in 11 than in 10. To the point where it doesn’t attract my attention at _all_.

How do I make it more obvious that an application needs my attention? Can I restore that setting to the way it was in Windows 10?