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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.
Any chance you are running Crystal Reports? I'm trying to determine the cause so I can figure out a solution. At this point I cannot pinpoint what triggers the second blank window. Sometimes it appears and other times not. This issue is really a drain on productivity.
Same issue here. I am not running Crystal Reports.
I am suspecting this happens when I open a file from Outlook attachement but I don't have enough data to back it up. Sometimes it's not there, other times it is.
Also happens with Word
I am not running Crystal Reports. I have the inconsistency where some times it doesn't come up. On a workbook that initially opens with the second blank window, if I close it and reopen, it will go away.