Disable the "select by mouse" feature when Command-Tabbing

Hello,
Is there a way to keep the mouse cursor from derailing your intentions when hitting the command-tab combo to switch between applications? When the mouse happens to be near the middle of the screen, my command-tab ends up going to some random app because it happened to be on the list where the mouse cursor was at that moment. I drives me crazy when I'm in a hurry.
Is there a way to disable that functionality?
Getting into the habit of moving my mouse out of the way first is a very distant second (and just a work around) to the preferred solution.
Thanks!
-Travis

Also try deleting the mouse .plist in your user library.
You need to look in your user Library/Preferences for the .plist. Hold down the option key while using the Finder "Go To Folder" command. Enter ~/Library/Preferences. Delete the .plist(s) for the mouse (there might be more than one).
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
You might want to bookmark the command. I had to use it again after I installed 10.8.2. I have also been informed that if you drag the user library to Finder it will remain visible.
Log out/in or restart and test.
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