diff --git a/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.Designer.cs b/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.Designer.cs
index f68734c5..7ce75ce5 100644
--- a/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.Designer.cs
+++ b/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.Designer.cs
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ namespace Mesen.GUI.Forms
 			this.menuStrip.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(304, 26);
 			this.menuStrip.TabIndex = 0;
 			this.menuStrip.Text = "menuStrip1";
-			this.menuStrip.MenuActivate += new System.EventHandler(this.menuStrip_MenuActivate);
-			this.menuStrip.MenuDeactivate += new System.EventHandler(this.menuStrip_MenuDeactivate);
 			this.menuStrip.VisibleChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.menuStrip_VisibleChanged);
 			// 
 			// mnuFile
diff --git a/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.cs b/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.cs
index ee21f280..c4ba9ddb 100644
--- a/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.cs
+++ b/GUI.NET/Forms/frmMain.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ namespace Mesen.GUI.Forms
 		private bool _customSize = false;
 		private bool _fullscreenMode = false;
 		private double _regularScale = ConfigManager.Config.VideoInfo.VideoScale;
-		private bool _menuOpened = false;
 
 		public frmMain(string[] args)
 		{
@@ -413,8 +412,11 @@ namespace Mesen.GUI.Forms
 				}
 			}
 
-			if(_menuOpened) {
-				hasFocus = false;
+			foreach(ToolStripItem item in menuStrip.Items) {
+				if(item.Pressed || item.Selected) {
+					hasFocus = false;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 			InteropEmu.SetFlag(EmulationFlags.InBackground, !hasFocus);
@@ -1137,16 +1139,6 @@ namespace Mesen.GUI.Forms
 			CheckForUpdates(true);
 		}
 
-		private void menuStrip_MenuActivate(object sender, EventArgs e)
-		{
-			_menuOpened = true;
-		}
-
-		private void menuStrip_MenuDeactivate(object sender, EventArgs e)
-		{
-			_menuOpened = false;
-		}
-
 		private void InitializeVsSystemMenu()
 		{
 			sepVsSystem.Visible = InteropEmu.IsVsSystem();