Maybe you want "Windows in Taskbar" enabled?

See ToolsOptionsView for 2003

Office ButtonExcel OptionsAdvancedDisplay "Show all windows in the
Taskbar" for 2007


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 21:36:03 -0800, Steve M
wrote:

When I open a 2nd or 3rd file in Excel. I get "Child Windows". Even the 1st
file appears to be a Child window. It didn't do this before. What did I
change? How can I get each file to open in its OWN complete Excel window? Do
I need to Uninstall and re-install?
Thanks