diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
index fffdd695b2..b09872120f 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
         public IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
         {
             var embedded = new EmbeddedWindowImpl();
-            embedded.Show(true, false);
+            embedded.Show(false, false);
             return embedded;
         }