I open up a notepad from my program using Process.Start() but the new opened notepad covers the screen. But I do want my application to maintain its focus.
I had the same problem, i eventually wound up with programmatically calling alt-tab:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
private void alttab()
{
uint WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112;
int SC_PREVWINDOW = 0xF050;
PostMessage(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_PREVWINDOW, 0);
}
//EDIT: You should use process.MainWindowHandle instead ofcourse