Airdrop only works with Airdop window open

I have Airdop running on two computers. But it only works when both computers have the Airdop window open. That is stupid. When somebody wants to send you something he can't see your computer when the Airdop window is closed. If Apple means this as a "do not disturb function" it would be done better with a switch. I don't like to have windows open.
Steffen

Sorry, but I have to agree with the OP. There should be a switch, and perhaps the default for that switch should be as you stated, however it would be great to have the option there.
And anyway, with file sharing on (like most Macs on my uni network have, see attached), you can put anything in their drop boxes at any time. Airdrop is a simplified version of this, so why not have an always on option as well?
Waiting for a clever person to come up with hack. Perhaps it drains battery life in terms of the ad hoc feature of Airdrop. I dunno.

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Thank you for your response.
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Step 1
23/11/2014 09:19:14.007 ReportCrash[294]: Saved crash report for Finder[4349] version 10.10.1 (10.10.1) to /Users/AAAA/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2014-11-23-091914_BBBB-MacBoo k-Pro-2.crash
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Step 2
Process:               Finder [4626]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Identifier:            com.apple.finder
Build Info: Finder_FE-932001003000000~1
Responsible:           Finder [4626]
PlugIn Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
PlugIn Identifier:       com.apple.finder
-0 sec                         CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x10c9a5000): p=4626[Finder] final status 0x3000a00, denying page sending SIGKILL
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-2 sec                         CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x10c5b3000): p=4624[Finder] final status 0x3000a00, denying page sending SIGKILL
-2 sec                         CODE SIGNING: process 4624[Finder]: rejecting invalid page at address 0x10c5b3000 from offset 0x3f000 in file "" (cs_mtime:0.0 == mtime:0.0) (signed:0 validated:1 tainted:1 wpmapped:0 slid:0)
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--> __TEXT 000000010c966000-000000010ce55000 [ 5052K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
    __DATA 000000010ce55000-000000010cf53000 [ 1016K] rw-/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
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10 com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c9977b5 0x10c966000 + 202677
11 com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c988154 0x10c966000 + 139604
12 com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c987e15 0x10c966000 + 138773
13 com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c987d35 0x10c966000 + 138549
14 com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c987cfd 0x10c966000 + 138493
28 com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c96b960 0x10c966000 + 22880
1   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a69d 0x10c966000 + 149149
2   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98aba7 0x10c966000 + 150439
3   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c9795d2 0x10c966000 + 79314
4   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98aa0b 0x10c966000 + 150027
5   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a952 0x10c966000 + 149842
6   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a78a 0x10c966000 + 149386
7   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c979496 0x10c966000 + 78998
8   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a548 0x10c966000 + 148808
9   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a410 0x10c966000 + 148496
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