I just got a new computer at work. On my old machine, I put Chrome as the first program in the task bar, and so pressing Windows key + 1 would open Chrome. Later, when Chrome was still open, pressing that combination again would make Chrome the active window, switching to it from whatever else I was doing.
On my new machine, with Chrome in the task bar's first position, Windows key + 1 opens Chrome as expected. However, pressing the combination again with Chrome still open causes a new instance of Chrome to be opened up, instead of switching me to the one I already have.
How can I change this behavior of the Windows key shortcut? It isn't happening for other programs in the task bar. For example, I have my text editor in position 2 and a PDF viewer in position 3. Windows key + 2 or + 3 switch me to those windows instead of opening instances.
windows + shift + number
I was able to open a new instance of an app instead of switching focus to it. But now both with and without pressing shift it opens a new instance.