For the past few months I have had the problem of clicking the minimize button to only have the window maximize again. After 2 to 4 clicks, it finally minimizes. I have not experienced this in any other programs that I use. Posting this question to an AI chatbot I got this reply:
The behavior is caused by a quirk in Windows Explorer’s handling of the task‑bar “restore” command.
When you click the minimize button (or the task‑bar button) while the window is still in a busy or unresponsive state, Explorer queues a second “Restore” message because it still thinks the window is minimized. As soon as the window finally processes the messages, the first restore brings it back up, and the second restore immediately returns it to its previous, non‑maximized size. The net effect is that the window appears to minimize and then instantly snap back to its maximized state.
In short, it’s a race‑condition/bug in the way Explorer posts duplicate restore messages for a window that isn’t ready to handle them.
Perhaps the powers-that-be could figure a way to make emClient and Explorer play nice.
For the past few months I have had the problem of clicking the minimize button to only have the window maximize again.
I personally don’t experience that issue with Windows 11 25H2 with all os updates. So first make sure you have the latest OS patches & updates.
Then to rule out if it’s anything to do with eM Client suggest you close eM Client and try uninstalling eM Client and “don’t delete the database” when asked on the uninstall wizard.
Then reinstall the same eM Client version either from the release history page or Windows Store depending on where you originally installed it from.
If reinstalling makes no difference then it will be probably be “something loading in the background” on startup Interferring with the minimise button.
So I would next then “try disabling all user related background tasks on startup” other than what boots up default with Windows 11 and see if that fixes it.You can google how to do that
If it does then fix the issue, then “enable the optional background programs one at a time” and reboot untill you find the program that’s doing it.