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Zoom AI Companion2023-03-01 09:34 AM
In a recent update to the Linux client whenever I'm in a Zoom meeting and the meeting window is in focus and I switch to another virtual desktop the meeting window is minimized to a small window in the upper right and follows me to the new virtual desktop. How can I stop this?
2023-09-08 06:28 AM
A bit of a pain in the "rear end" (I guess the A word is now taboo) and still happening. Any settings one might have to turn off for this to stop happening? I would expect zoom to behave like all other software: stay in place and do nothing when I switch desktops.
2024-02-21 07:59 AM
Same here, working from a laptop with virtual desktop, and this auto-minimize is a huge PITA. Why not just leave it alone? Why default to mucking with it when I didn't ask to have it mucked with?
2024-10-30 05:27 PM
I came here looking for a solution for this too. I'd like to see an option to turn this behaviour off so I can leave the window on another desktop unchanged.
2024-11-02 07:17 AM
There is a setting to turn this off, but as far as I know there is no way to change it in the GUI. To turn off the mini window on Linux open ~/.config/zoomus.conf in a text editor, find the enableMiniWindow setting and change it to false. Restart Zoom and it should be gone.
2024-12-18 04:52 AM
Literally just created my profile to thank you.
Thank you! 🙏
2024-11-04 09:07 AM
Thanks David, this worked for me. What a wonderful improvement. I wish I had thought of looking at the config file.
2024-11-07 08:25 AM
This also solved another issue where remote control would cease working if you panned to another desktop and came back.
2024-11-06 12:12 PM
Thank you @David402 . This was a wonderful bit of knowledge for me. Appreciated.