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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.
Same second blank window issue here. I did a complete uninstalled and reinstalled of windows with no success. Same issue.
A couple examples where this becomes a real problem...
Very frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have the exact same issue. Using Office 365 ProPlus 64-bit Excel. Have tried repairing it online and offline. Also have uninstalled and reinstalled office. Any ideas?
I have the same issue. When I double-click an Excel the window shown below opens. I am using Office365 version 1706 build 8229.2073. Office was prompting to update and it finally updated itself. I have since had this issue. I had uninstalled and reinstalled office. That did not correct the issue. I am running Windows 10 version 1703 build 15063.413. The blank formula window gets in the way when I am writing formulas in Excel. Total pain. Any suggestions?
Possible that user file prevents you from running Excel as a standard user. We suggest you run a clean boot.While you are on it, perform a clean uninstall then re-install Excel.
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