Excel Opens 2nd window that only includes formula bar

Anonymous
2017-04-05T16:19:02+00:00

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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Anonymous
2018-01-04T23:15:09+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-06T07:51:23+00:00

    This solved my issue :)

    In extension, since the  Win10 2018 April update (or however this is calles officially) I have general issues with my Nvidia Quadro 2000M. I know, it's an elder Graphics card, but had no issues before... Using a Dell M4600 in a docking station with 2 external monitors, everything get's messed up (3D-CAD Apps wont work on every display, even Slack shows black only, etc.)...

    trying to update my NVidia Driver gives me "no supported HW"-error. I'll check, if the problems went away with the NView Deinstall....

    Had never found this solution on my own, so GOOD JOB!!!!

    Thanks!

    BR,

    Daniel

    EDIT:

    nope... the othe issues still persist.. :(

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-02T13:10:04+00:00

    I had this exact issue. I had my windows profile reset and no longer have the issue. I did not have to disable or uninstall nview to fix the issue. One way to test this is to have someone else log into your PC and see if they can repeat the issue. In my case, I was the only person that had the issue. Resetting my windows profile was the best fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-02T13:02:02+00:00

    Disabling the nVidia nView Desktop Manager is sufficient to stop flickering of Excel while dragging to multiple screens.

    Also it now does not create a blank Excel with only formula bar.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-02T10:01:01+00:00

    After literally months of searching I finally found a fix for this. Put this macro in the PMW's ThisWorkbook Module (or add its 3 middle lines to the Workbook_Open macro if one already exists):

    Sub Workbook_Open

    Windows("PERSONAL.XLSB").Visible = True

    Windows("PERSONAL.XLSB").Visible = False

    ThisWorkbook.Saved = True

    End Sub

    I never once saw this suggested by Microsoft's "helpers" [sic] on these forums.

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