Issue with Qubes and Windows Tools

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Mar 6, 2019, 7:13:12 AM3/6/19

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Hi Everyone

I just set up a Windows 7 Pro x64 VM and installed Qubes Windows Tools successfully, including the disk driver.

I did Windows installation with this help:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-vm/

And installation von QWT with this help:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-tools/

As I mentioned earlier, Windows and the QWT are working.
I had 2 bluescreens at the first 2 boots of the windows vm, but as I read this is normal.
Now the Windows VM is working fine.

I am running the following versions:
qubes-core.dom0: 4.0.38-1.fc25
qubes-windows-tools: 4.0.1-3
windows 7 pro, latest updates

Now, what is my issue:
Everytime I open a File from my windows vm in another vm or disposable vm, the vm is "hidden" behind the windows vm and I can not access it.
For instance: I select a logfile in windows -> send to -> Edit in VM.
Then I see the Qubes Status in the top right corner. The selected VM is starting and some seconds later started. But the VM is not accessible.
I can see the vm running in Qubes Manager but I can not "select" it and pull it to the front or something like that.
It is like the vm is running in the tray but I cannot maximize it.
But, as soon as I shutdown my Windows vm, and its only working if I stop the vm fully, the selected vm pops up and shows the selected file.
If I do this with a disposable vm, the vm gets shutdown as well, as soon as I shutdown windows.

Can anyone of you help me with this issue?

As a workaroud I can open the files in selected vms and shutdown windows, but it is not really practical. Especially if I want to open something in a disposable vm, because I cannot grab the disposable vm before its stopping as well.