Working with Desktops, desktops keep switching

This is how this works,
I have desktop 2 open with Finder and open 10 files from that window. then edit on photoshop desktop 4 then when I save my screen keeps switching to desktop 2 even though its a different save location, close the finder window and it no longer switches back.
How can I stop this.

Sorry I think I might have found the solution, my own error, I had a script running in th background that kept activating the finder
Thanks for you help

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