Win32 Window Issue

I'm having a small issue in a simple win32 app. When I pop a messagebox prior to the window even appearing, and the user clicks on a button, the window appears for a split second and ends up behind the Visual C++ IDE window, thus forcing me to manually click it down in the taskbar to regain focus. However when I comment out the messagebox, the window has focus like it should in front of the Visual C++ IDE. I tried SetFocus(hWnd);, SetActiveWindow(hWnd);. etc., as well as a combination of em all, and it still won't appear in front of the IDE after the user clicks the button in the message box. Is there a way for me to get the Window to have focus and end up in front of the C++ IDE after clicking the messagebox button? Thanks in advance. Here's my code:

c++ Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <d3d9.h>
 
HWND hWnd;
bool Fullscreen_Enabled;
 
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
 
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszArgument, int nCmdShow)
{
    MSG msg;
    WNDCLASSEX wc = {sizeof(WNDCLASSEX), CS_VREDRAW|CS_HREDRAW|CS_OWNDC, WindowProcedure, 0, 0, hInstance, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, "DX_TUT", NULL};
    RegisterClassEx(&wc);
 
    if (MessageBox(hWnd, "Click Yes to go to full screen (Recommended)", "", MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_YESNO) == IDYES)
       Fullscreen_Enabled = true;
 
    if (Fullscreen_Enabled == true)
       hWnd = CreateWindowEx (0, "DX_TUT", "DirectX9 Tutorial", WS_VISIBLE | WS_POPUP | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_CLIPCHILDREN, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 544, 375, HWND_DESKTOP, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
    else
       hWnd = CreateWindowEx (0, "DX_TUT", "DirectX9 Tutorial", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 400, 300, HWND_DESKTOP, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
 
    ShowWindow (hWnd, nCmdShow);
    while (true)
    {
        while (PeekMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
        {
            if (WM_QUIT == msg.message) break;
            TranslateMessage (&msg);
            DispatchMessage (&msg);
        }
    }
    return msg.wParam;
}
 
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (msg)
    {
        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage (0);
            HANDLE Process;
            Process = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS , true , GetCurrentProcessId());
            TerminateProcess(Process , 0);
            break;
        default:
            return DefWindowProc (hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
    }
    return 0;
}