XL97: Macro to Tile Windows Does Not Work with Minimized Window (166450)

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Ensure that no windows are minimized before you run the macro or modify the macro code so that it sets all windows to the normal state before it tiles the windows.

You can run the following example macro without error, however, the macro does not tile windows if any open window in the program is minimized:

   Sub test()
     Application.Windows.Arrange ArrangeStyle:=xlArrangeStyleTiled
   End Sub
				

To tile the windows, use the following macro:

   Sub test()
     For Each x in Workbooks
        x.Activate
        ActiveWindow.WindowState=xlNormal
     Next x
     Application.Windows.Arrange ArrangeStyle:=xlArrangeStyleTiled
   End Sub