Hey gazumped,
Thanks so much for responding.
Unfortunately, my problem is indeed that the new note so created (with 'create new note in a new window' CHECKED) doesn't pop to the "top". It actually does jump to the top of the pile among all Evernote notes, but it doesn't jump to the top of my desktop if _any_ other program windows are in front of it (Chrome browser, Firefox browser, Windows explorer folders, etc).
And that's what I'd like to have: to have the new note jump to the top of my desktop so that I can simply start writing.
Can anyone else help?
Does it maybe have