Red Alert games minimising on mouse click

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Not sure if this is the right place but I'm after some troubleshooting assistance.

Over the last week, my PC has develpped a problem when trying to play Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 3 Uprising (purchased from Origin some time ago)

I haven't changed any hardware or updated anything that I can think that would cause the issue, but basically what happens is, I start the game through Origin, hear the intro music and see the intro videos fine, but as soon as I click a button on the mouse, it minimises and goes back to the desktop, the game doesn't crash as I can just click on the game and open it back up again, but the home screen of both games requries a mouse input,

I've uninstalled and reinstalled both RA2, RA3 and Origin, didn't work
Tried different mice, didn't work
Reinstalled Windows, followed by Origin, RA2 and RA3, didn't work

So, I'm hoping that some one on this forum can assist with a fix,

Current hardware is in my signture, I'm running Windows 10 Insder Preview version 10.0.15002

Thanks in advance

UPDATE: Turns out its all Origin games, Steam games are unaffected, so I guess its a problem with Origin
 
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It sounds almost like the mouse focus remains on the desktop, so when you click it returns you there a bit like an alt tab. I've never had this issue so I maybe well off the mark.

There are apps that help you run windowed borderless, I wonder if they might help at all.

Have you raised a ticket with EA?
 
I've tried a few live chats with EA, nothing they said worked, I've even tried a fresh install and only installed Origin, still no joy, it has to be an issue with Origin.

UPDATE: I figured out the issue, turns out it was the most recent version of Windows 10 Insider Preview causing the issue, if I roll back to the previous version, it fixes the problem
 
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