Alt+Tab broken in full screen mode

Hi,
I generally use lightroom in full screen mode where the title and menu bar are both hidden. However, when in this mode I find using Alt+Tab is broken. For example, say I have LR as the foreground application. I press Alt+Tab and switch to another app. Then press Alt+Tab once expecting to get back to LR. But somehow LR has gone to the end of the list and instead I get another application.
Is anyone else seeing this? I use WinXP+SP2+latest updates.
Thanks,
Nick

There are different types of full-screen mode. If in the other applications, you see the Minimize/Restore/Close buttons in the top right-hand corner, then that is not the full screen mode being used by Lightroom, which you'll notice, does not have those buttons available.
The other applications are actually maximized, and not in full-screen mode.
John Gregson

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