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Parent & Child menitems - WPF .NET 8.0

I'm struggling with WPF MenuItems. Specifically, I need to open a window when the "File" parent MenuItem is clicked, but not when any of its child MenuItems are clicked. Despite trying several methods, including using tags, combining tags with click events, and relying solely on click events, nothing has worked.

<ContextMenu>
    <MenuItem Header="File" Click="FileManager_Click" >
        <MenuItem Header="New" >
            <MenuItem Header="Open" />
            <MenuItem Header="Save" />
        </MenuItem>
    </MenuItem>
</ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
    <MenuItem Header="File" Click="FileManager_Click" >
        <MenuItem Header="New" >
            <MenuItem Header="Open" />
            <MenuItem Header="Save" />
        </MenuItem>
    </MenuItem>
</ContextMenu>
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