I had this similar problem a while back, but I did a little reading of the help file on how to manipulate windows. The only thing I could come up with for a "quick fix" was to hide the window using a simple variable. Just put the following in any part of your popup sections in the Remote Editor. I preferably like to put it in the Menubar part of the popups.(ALT+R>Popups Tab)
$iif(%hide.status.window == $null,Status Window (Visible)):window -h "Status Window" | set %hide.status.window yes
$iif(%hide.status.window == yes,Status Window (Hidden)):window -w "Status Window" | unset %hide.status.window
It gets the job done, and i use it ritually to this day. Hope this helps out