How can I find out what triggers a completely white application window that is displayed during every Windows startup?


tidozonoada

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Since a little while every single time when I start Windows 11 a completely white application window appears and then disappears again after roughly 10 seconds. It doesn't even have a title bar. It's just a completely white square. Sometimes when I mouse over this white window a tool tip displays, but confusingly not always with the same text. One time it read "PDFgear", but then another time it read "Discord". Both of these applications are also not in the list of startup-apps in Windows Settings.

Does anyone here good suggestions for how I could investigate what exactly is triggering this white window in the first place? (because I'd like to get rid of it)
 
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Windows 11 Pro, version 25H2, build 26200.8655

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Is it like this: -
 

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Uninstall both PDFgear and Discord,then shutdown and restart.
Is the problem still there?
 

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Process Explorer is a tool that can show you which process has opened a given window or file. It's available for free download from the Microsoft website.

I've had occasions when a mysterious window would appear. I was able to use Process Explorer to find out which program opened it.
 

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