Files panel - CS4 Win vs Mac

I'm a Mac user for a long time. Recently, I've done some website work on a PC using CS4. Irritatingly, on the PC, the Files panel [ungrouped] remains ontop of the files when opening them. I have to minimize the panel to see the open files. On Mac this was never a propblem in any version of CS or MX and prior for that matter.
Is there any way to get the same panel behavior on the PC (XP) as the Mac?
TIA

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