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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.
Just disabling nView will do the trick.
Tomaaas. Thanks. Finally got it resolved.
Thanks Tomaas!
Been trying all of the above tests/fixes/repairs for a loong time but nothing helped.
Uninstalled nview and it worked immediately!!!
Thanks again, you saved me a lot of gray hairs.
Yep, this worked like a champ! Thanks a million!