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I've got Microsoft office 2016 and am running Windows 7. When opening an excel file so that it is maximized I get a second blank window with the excel icon in the top left corner and only the formula bar in it. It just started doing this and it rather aggravating as when I move the spreadsheet I opened to my other screen the blank one flashes and I can't just close the blank window. If i open the same excel file so that it's not maximized the second window does not open. It's almost like they're the same window and attached to one another. Does anyone know of a fix for this?
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I have found the reason, why it is happening - there is conflict between nview from nvidia and some apps of office365 (excel with second window and outlook with issue of opening some message windows after plug in/off the second monitor/projector).
If you uninstall nview from your comp, the issue with excel will be gone.
I have the same problem. Sometimes it just appears out of nowhere. If I hide a window and then unhide it, it disappears but a minute later it's there again. It's really frustrating and it's impossible to work with Excel with this extra broken window, because it gets in the way when writing formulas.
I have tried all sorts of things to fix this, including fresh install, nothing helps.
Same issue here. It has been happening for a few months now. It is not consistent, sometimes it work fine and other it does not. Really wish MS can come up with a solution here. Just typing this to keep the thread going.
Also, DDE option is unchecked. This was another area to check when I was searching for a solution.
Hopefully! It's a pain to always have to drag the second blank window to another screen when just trying to do a formula.
Thank you for thought about the personal files. I've been down that road with no luck, as I too do not have a personal.xlsb in the XLSTART folder.