diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/virtual_window_frame.dart b/lib/src/widgets/virtual_window_frame.dart
index c504111f..5ff5dbca 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/virtual_window_frame.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/virtual_window_frame.dart
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class VirtualWindowFrame extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _VirtualWindowFrameState extends State<VirtualWindowFrame> {
+  // Where [_listenerId] is registered: the given window, or null for the
+  // process-wide window manager when the frame follows the current window.
+  nativeapi.Window? _subscribedWindow;
   nativeapi.ListenerId? _listenerId;
   bool _isFocused = true;
   bool _isMaximized = false;
@@ -34,38 +37,65 @@ class _VirtualWindowFrameState extends State<VirtualWindowFrame> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
-    _readState();
-    _listenerId = tryNative(
-      () => nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.addListener((event) {
-        switch (event) {
-          case nativeapi.WindowFocusedEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowBlurredEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowMaximizedEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowRestoredEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowResizedEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowEnteredFullScreenEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowExitedFullScreenEvent():
-            _readState();
-          default:
-            break;
-        }
-      }),
-    );
+    _subscribe();
+    _readState(notify: false);
   }
 
   @override
   void didUpdateWidget(covariant VirtualWindowFrame oldWidget) {
     super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
-    if (oldWidget.window != widget.window) _readState();
+    if (oldWidget.window != widget.window) {
+      _unsubscribe();
+      _subscribe();
+      _readState(notify: false);
+    }
   }
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    _unsubscribe();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  // A frame given its window hears only that window's events, so resizing or
+  // focusing another window of a multi-window app does not make every frame
+  // query its own window. Without a window it keeps following the current one.
+  void _subscribe() {
+    final window = widget.window;
+    _subscribedWindow = window;
+    _listenerId = tryNative(
+      () => window != null
+          ? window.addListener(_onWindowEvent)
+          : nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.addListener(_onWindowEvent),
+    );
+  }
+
+  void _unsubscribe() {
+    final window = _subscribedWindow;
     final listenerId = _listenerId;
-    if (listenerId != null) {
-      nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.removeListener(listenerId);
+    _subscribedWindow = null;
+    _listenerId = null;
+    if (listenerId == null) return;
+    tryNative(
+      () => window != null
+          ? window.removeListener(listenerId)
+          : nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.removeListener(listenerId),
+    );
+  }
+
+  void _onWindowEvent(nativeapi.WindowEvent event) {
+    switch (event) {
+      case nativeapi.WindowFocusedEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowBlurredEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowMaximizedEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowRestoredEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowResizedEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowEnteredFullScreenEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowExitedFullScreenEvent():
+        _readState();
+      default:
+        break;
     }
-    super.dispose();
   }
 
   nativeapi.Window? get _window =>
@@ -74,7 +104,9 @@ class _VirtualWindowFrameState extends State<VirtualWindowFrame> {
         () => nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.getCurrent(),
       );
 
-  void _readState() {
+  // [notify] is false while the framework is about to build anyway, as in
+  // initState, where setState is not allowed.
+  void _readState({bool notify = true}) {
     final window = _window;
     if (window == null) return;
     final isFocused = window.isFocused;
@@ -85,6 +117,12 @@ class _VirtualWindowFrameState extends State<VirtualWindowFrame> {
         isFullScreen == _isFullScreen) {
       return;
     }
+    if (!notify) {
+      _isFocused = isFocused;
+      _isMaximized = isMaximized;
+      _isFullScreen = isFullScreen;
+      return;
+    }
     if (!mounted) return;
     setState(() {
       _isFocused = isFocused;
diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/window_caption.dart b/lib/src/widgets/window_caption.dart
index ebf0ff65..637959ba 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/window_caption.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/window_caption.dart
@@ -50,44 +50,72 @@ class WindowCaption extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _WindowCaptionState extends State<WindowCaption> {
+  // Where [_listenerId] is registered: the given window, or null for the
+  // process-wide window manager when the caption follows the current window.
+  nativeapi.Window? _subscribedWindow;
   nativeapi.ListenerId? _listenerId;
   bool _isMaximized = false;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+    _subscribe();
     _isMaximized = _window?.isMaximized ?? false;
-    _listenerId = tryNative(
-      () => nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.addListener((event) {
-        switch (event) {
-          case nativeapi.WindowMaximizedEvent():
-          case nativeapi.WindowRestoredEvent():
-            final isMaximized = _window?.isMaximized ?? false;
-            if (isMaximized != _isMaximized && mounted) {
-              setState(() => _isMaximized = isMaximized);
-            }
-          default:
-            break;
-        }
-      }),
-    );
   }
 
   @override
   void didUpdateWidget(covariant WindowCaption oldWidget) {
     super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
     if (oldWidget.window != widget.window) {
+      _unsubscribe();
+      _subscribe();
       _isMaximized = _window?.isMaximized ?? false;
     }
   }
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    _unsubscribe();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  // A caption given its window hears only that window's events, so other
+  // windows of a multi-window app neither wake it nor leak their state into
+  // it. Without a window it keeps following the current one.
+  void _subscribe() {
+    final window = widget.window;
+    _subscribedWindow = window;
+    _listenerId = tryNative(
+      () => window != null
+          ? window.addListener(_onWindowEvent)
+          : nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.addListener(_onWindowEvent),
+    );
+  }
+
+  void _unsubscribe() {
+    final window = _subscribedWindow;
     final listenerId = _listenerId;
-    if (listenerId != null) {
-      nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.removeListener(listenerId);
+    _subscribedWindow = null;
+    _listenerId = null;
+    if (listenerId == null) return;
+    tryNative(
+      () => window != null
+          ? window.removeListener(listenerId)
+          : nativeapi.WindowManager.instance.removeListener(listenerId),
+    );
+  }
+
+  void _onWindowEvent(nativeapi.WindowEvent event) {
+    switch (event) {
+      case nativeapi.WindowMaximizedEvent():
+      case nativeapi.WindowRestoredEvent():
+        final isMaximized = _window?.isMaximized ?? false;
+        if (isMaximized != _isMaximized && mounted) {
+          setState(() => _isMaximized = isMaximized);
+        }
+      default:
+        break;
     }
-    super.dispose();
   }
 
   nativeapi.Window? get _window =>
diff --git a/test/window_caption_test.dart b/test/window_caption_test.dart
index d5ef991d..5dc6f1a5 100644
--- a/test/window_caption_test.dart
+++ b/test/window_caption_test.dart
@@ -1,17 +1,55 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:window_manager/window_manager.dart';
 
-// Only the caption's window state is needed; no native window is created.
+// Only the widgets' window state is needed; no native window is created.
 class _Window extends Window {
   _Window({required this.maximized}) : super.borrowed(0);
 
-  final bool maximized;
+  bool maximized;
   int maximizes = 0;
   int unmaximizes = 0;
+  int stateReads = 0;
+  final _listeners = <ListenerId, FutureOr<void> Function(WindowEvent)>{};
+  var _nextListenerId = 0;
+
+  int get listenerCount => _listeners.length;
+
+  @override
+  ListenerId addListener(FutureOr<void> Function(WindowEvent) callback) {
+    _listeners[++_nextListenerId] = callback;
+    return _nextListenerId;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool removeListener(ListenerId listenerId) =>
+      _listeners.remove(listenerId) != null;
+
+  Future<void> emit(WindowEvent event) async {
+    for (final listener in _listeners.values.toList()) {
+      await listener(event);
+    }
+  }
 
   @override
-  bool get isMaximized => maximized;
+  bool get isMaximized {
+    stateReads++;
+    return maximized;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool get isFocused {
+    stateReads++;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool get isFullScreen {
+    stateReads++;
+    return false;
+  }
 
   @override
   void maximize() {
@@ -53,4 +91,103 @@ void main() {
     expect(normal.maximizes, 1);
     expect(normal.unmaximizes, 0);
   });
+
+  String maximizeIcon(WidgetTester tester) => tester
+      .widget<WindowCaptionButton>(find.byType(WindowCaptionButton).at(1))
+      .iconName!;
+
+  Future<void> showCaption(WidgetTester tester, Window? window) =>
+      tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: SizedBox(
+            height: kWindowCaptionHeight,
+            child: WindowCaption(window: window),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+  testWidgets('caption listens only to its own window', (tester) async {
+    final a = _Window(maximized: false);
+    final b = _Window(maximized: false);
+
+    await showCaption(tester, a);
+    expect(a.listenerCount, 1);
+    expect(b.listenerCount, 0);
+
+    // Moving the caption to another window releases the old subscription.
+    await showCaption(tester, b);
+    expect(a.listenerCount, 0);
+    expect(b.listenerCount, 1);
+
+    a.maximized = true;
+    await a.emit(const WindowMaximizedEvent(windowId: 1));
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(maximizeIcon(tester), 'icon_chrome_maximize');
+
+    b.maximized = true;
+    await b.emit(const WindowMaximizedEvent(windowId: 2));
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(maximizeIcon(tester), 'icon_chrome_unmaximize');
+
+    b.maximized = false;
+    await b.emit(const WindowRestoredEvent(windowId: 2));
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(maximizeIcon(tester), 'icon_chrome_maximize');
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(const SizedBox.shrink());
+    expect(b.listenerCount, 0);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('caption keeps its subscription when rebuilt with its window', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    final window = _Window(maximized: false);
+
+    await showCaption(tester, window);
+    await showCaption(tester, window);
+    expect(window.listenerCount, 1);
+    expect(window._nextListenerId, 1);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('caption without a window builds and disposes cleanly', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    await showCaption(tester, null);
+    expect(maximizeIcon(tester), 'icon_chrome_maximize');
+    await tester.pumpWidget(const SizedBox.shrink());
+  });
+
+  Future<void> showFrame(WidgetTester tester, Window window) =>
+      tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: VirtualWindowFrame(window: window, child: const SizedBox()),
+        ),
+      );
+
+  testWidgets('frame listens only to its own window', (tester) async {
+    final a = _Window(maximized: true);
+    final b = _Window(maximized: false);
+
+    // A window that starts maximized is read without setState in initState.
+    await showFrame(tester, a);
+    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
+    expect(a.listenerCount, 1);
+
+    await showFrame(tester, b);
+    expect(a.listenerCount, 0);
+    expect(b.listenerCount, 1);
+
+    // Events of the window it left no longer reach the frame.
+    final readsOfB = b.stateReads;
+    await a.emit(const WindowBlurredEvent(windowId: 1));
+    await a.emit(const WindowFocusedEvent(windowId: 1));
+    expect(a.stateReads, 3, reason: 'only its initial read');
+    expect(b.stateReads, readsOfB);
+
+    await b.emit(const WindowMaximizedEvent(windowId: 2));
+    expect(b.stateReads, readsOfB + 3);
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(const SizedBox.shrink());
+    expect(b.listenerCount, 0);
+  });
 }