Winamp does not stay on top

Question

One thing I love about Winamp is its compact size, and being able to stay on top. For the past month or so, it won't stay on top.

I have tried:

restarting the program: No change
unchecking/rechecking the 'Always on Top' menu option: No change
putting it on top of different programs, but as soon as the other programs get focus, it snaps back again: No Change
changing the Theme from the Aero Windows 7 theme to just Windows Classic: No change
changing the Winamp skin from Classic to Modern and even back again: No change
uninstalling and reinstalling the application: No change.

What more can I try, or look into, to get Winamp to Stay On Top?

@CanadianLuke: Have you tried un-ticking **Options → Preferences... → General Preferences... → Disable always on top while fullscreen applications are focused**? — James P, Jul 17 '14 at 12:05
There is a relevant forum post about this workaround and others, don't know if it could be helpful: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=213509 — James P, Jul 17 '14 at 12:10
@James Thanks for the find, but it did not make a difference for me :( — Canadian Luke, Jul 17 '14 at 18:11
@CanadianLuke: Have you tried different skins (e.g. modern) to see if it still occurs? Some people seem to think it can affect it. — James P, Jul 18 '14 at 08:38
I'm curious. Try using [this](http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/quickly-enable-always-on-top-behaviour-for-any-app-or-window/) program and see if it makes it stay on top (temporary solution) — ᔕᖺᘎᕊ, Jul 24 '14 at 16:23
@ṧнʊß Weird... I downloaded the program (just an AHK script), but it didn't work. After I closed it and uninstalled that app, Winamp stayed on top! — Canadian Luke, Jul 24 '14 at 17:15
@CanadianLuke That makes no sense! At least your problem is solved...? :) I want to know why this happened! The AHK script is `!t:: Winset, Alwaysontop, , A of code` apparently. So uninstalling it would have removed the hotkey, it shouldn't have fixed Winamp, but it's good it did! — ᔕᖺᘎᕊ, Jul 24 '14 at 17:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Although trying everything under the sun, I do not know exactly what fixed it. It is fixed now, but at what step, I do not know.

As posted in the comments above, I tried downloading this program recommended by ṧнʊß, but it didn't work. It was a simple AutoHotKey script.

I uninstalled it, since it never worked. After I uninstalled it, Winamp stayed on top. For reasons unknown, it just worked!

I'm calling this a bug in Winamp though. Even after a reboot, it's staying on top of my programs, and I can go back to my Aero interface :)

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