Stop automatically maximizing all minimized documents whenever a new one is opened.
Stop automatically maximizing all minimized documents (and workbooks in Excel) whenever a new document is opened. This is unnecessary since the Task View and other options allow one to see more than one document at a time. When all minimized documents pop back up whenever a new one is opened, we just have to re-minimize them again. It's a nuisance.
Sarah Thurow
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Thanks for your feedback! This is an area we are currently investigating and will consider this feedback as we make a decision.
152 comments
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michael
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God this is soooo freaking annoying. it keeps displaying my password file to coworkers when i open new word document in front of them and they have absolutely nothing to do with each other....
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Anonymous
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Since every Excel (or WORD) file is opened - have to search for the file I need. This is very inconvenient when trying to respond to a question. And, then have to minimize them again and again and again. If I minimize the file - leave it minimized when other files are opened. It is easy to mouse over (or keyboard over) to search open minimized files and only open the desired one.
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Steve L.
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pllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssseee!
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Anonymous
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Please do something about this Microsoft! Why anger everyone for this long? You waste our time with features like this. I don't want to have to spend time minimizing all the documents i already minimized! You make us look dumb when a supervisor walks in and wants to see something.
Err. let me close all these files first...When you add all the problems you force us to experience with Office products, including office 365, to features like this, it makes us want to rip hair out. -
Jeff Vanderslice
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This is so freaking RIDICULOUS it’s INSANE. I’ve been fighting this absolutely ASININE feature of Word for YEARS. I used to be able to fix it by editing the registry but with the last Windows 10 mandatory update (which they leave you no choice but to accept) even that doesn’t work anymore. I mean if this completely STUPID problem has been around for literally YEARS and Microsoft knows about it and STILL has not fixed it, what the **** are they doing? Just gives everyone yet ANOTHER reason to despise Microsoft. Yeah, I’m using all caps because I HATE IT! FIX the **** thing already, Microsoft! Sheesh!
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Anonymous
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It's been a year and this still happens and is very frustrating. I hate having to reminimize all the windows that pop up every time I open a new window of the same type. I don't want all the other windows to maximize when I open a new one.
They are minimized for a reason.
Please address this. -
Phil Reinie
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That is a brilliant idea (only restore the document you want opened) and would save me a lot of time and frustration!
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Anonymous
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PLEASE FIX THIS!!!!!
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Thomas Redd
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The time has come that something needs to be done to solve this issue. Do you even look at these responses? I bet you don't. This is just another way to make the public think that you care when you really done. I dare you to respond.
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Martin
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I'm finding this so frustrating and time consuming!!!!
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Giuseppe
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It is simply shameful. Faced with a real problem, Microsoft does nothing to solve it: it is incomprehensible !!!! [Word, Excel 2016]
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Anonymous
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This has been under review for over a year. Why are you not stopping it? Many of us open several word files at a time and it is annoying to have to search thru all the other open windows to find it. Please do something about this.
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Anonymous
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I agree, this is a horribly annoying feature, and considering the convenience of Google Docs, I will end up using that as my primary if basic functionality can't be controlled in MS Word.
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Giuseppe
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If it will not be resolved quickly, I will be forced to use another product of the competition!!!
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Giuseppe
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It is absurd that for a real problem Microsft has not paid attention to solve it.
This business logic is incomprehensible!!!!! -
Patrick
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Also, and I assume this is a connected to this issue, is that you cannot get an Excel workbook to re-open in the last configuration (e.g., same size). I have specific desktop size configurations that I use for specific workbooks, but every workbook opens to whatever size the most recent one that was opened was sized to. Argh!!
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Ernie
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Hey Microsoft 'Word Product Team'! How about finishing with the investigation and work on the FIX!
The feedback for the last two years is absolutely correct about how annoying and non-productive this issue remains. By the way, just go ahead and fix the equally stupid problem stated before about format change when pasting within the same document.
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Anonymous
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This was posted in Feb. 2016 and MS decided to 'review' it 1 year and 5 months later - now here we are 1 full year after the 'review' started and we know no more than we did in Feb. 2016 (probably was actually reported much much earlier in a different official forum).
Are there any registry hacks? I tried the tricks suggested but they are not all that useful. I just need to be able to open a new document with out all the minimized ones also popping up.
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Ro
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Good to hear I am not the only one seriously teed of with this issue. Just a show of corporate too big to fix actual issues for customers and complete lack of care. Goes along with the changing formatting to something different when pasting from with in the same **** document, WTF Microsoft?
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Anonymous
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You are "investigating"... aka doing nothing. Well done.