Windows 10: Grey box just appeared in top right corner of Windows 10 desktop?

We noticed a box that appeared in the top right corner of our desktop in Windows 10. It shows GPU, CPU, RAM stats. It cannot be closed. How do we get rid of this box?




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Desktop Icons hidden on startup & Small grey box in top left corner of screen

On start-up my windows PC has all the desktop icons hidden and there is a small grey box in the top left corner of the screen, the icons reappear when I double click this box, here is an after picture.





Any ideas on how I can fix this?

 

How do i rid of the grey box in the top left of my desktop?

Hi,

It's odd for a random grey box to show up on your desktop after the last update occurred on your computer. It could also be a software installed on your computer that's causing for it to appear. However, let us not assume anything yet until we isolated your
concern by providing the answers to these questions:

• Did you start noticing the grey box after or prior the latest update?
• What were the updates that have been installed on your computer?
• Have you installed any software prior to the issue?
• What are the troubleshooting steps you've tried to resolve your concern?
• Can you provide us a screenshot of the grey box?

In the meantime, we suggest that you create a new user profile and see if the issue persists on it. Here is the
article on how to create a one.

We're looking forward to your response.

 

White box on the top right corner of the screen

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are able to see a white box on top right corner of the screen and it hides some of the apps on the screen. For further clarity on the screen, please respond to the questions below:

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?
   
2. Do you see anything written on the white box?
   
3. Do you get the box when you restart the PC?
   

Meanwhile, I would suggest you to try performing a clean boot and check if the issue persists.



Performing a clean boot will start the computer with minimal set of drivers and programs, to determine whether a background program is causing the issue. Some of the Startup programs will not load after performing a clean boot on the computer. However,
that functionality will return when you reset the computer to start normally after finishing the troubleshooting.



To perform a clean boot on the computer refer to the article
How to perform a clean boot in Windows.



If performing a clean boot fixes the issue then, please refer to the section
How to determine what is causing the problem after you do a clean boot
to check which program is causing the issue.



Note: Please refer the section
Reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting to boot the computer in to normal mode after troubleshooting.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator