Windows 10: Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen

Discus and support Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen. Only goes away when I reboot my PC or restart File Explorer. It is annoying to do this every time. Any... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Gumm1B34R, May 1, 2021.

  1. GUMM1B34R
    Gumm1B34R Win User

    Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen


    Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen. Only goes away when I reboot my PC or restart File Explorer. It is annoying to do this every time. Any ways to get rid of it completely?

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    Gumm1B34R, May 1, 2021
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  2. BREE
    Bree Win User

    Rectangular Box in Upper Left Corner

    @NurdBurd, I've just turned on Magnifier (1607 rtm) to see what you mean. Somewhere on the screen you should also find a 'magnifying glass' icon. Click on it and it will briefly become the control window for Magnifier.


    Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen [​IMG]


    After clicking on the magnifying glass, close it from here:


    Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen [​IMG]
     
    Bree, May 1, 2021
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  3. NURDBURD
    NurdBurd Win User
    Rectangular Box in Upper Left Corner

    Howdy Bree,
    I don't see a magnifier glass in the upper left corner. Just to make sure I was not overlooking it, I changed my "Change the size of text, apps, and other items: 125%." Then I went to the High Contrast area "Choose a theme: High Contrast White". Even after those two steps I still don't see a magnifier glass. I selected The Magnifier from my taskbar and indeed I saw the magnifier glass. When I used the magnifier glass, the recently generated magnifying area was deleted - but the area in the upper left corner remained.
    Is it possible to remove The Magnifier from Windows and then reinstall it? Or perhaps, a larger section of Windows containing The Magnifier and then reinstall this larger section?
    Thank you.

    Carl M. Barlow, Jr.
    L: [email protected]


    Howdy Bree,
    Did you take a Thanksgiving vacation?

    Carl
     
    NurdBurd, May 1, 2021
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  4. DONALDSCHIAVO
    DonaldSchiavo Win User

    Grey Box showing in upper left corner of screen

    Flashing black box in upper left corner

    Immediately after upgrading to Windows 10 I have experienced the appearance of a flashing black box in the upper left corner of the screen. It seems to appear about once to several times a minute and is extremely annoying to the point I 'm considering
    going back to Windows 8.1. It flashes on and off quickly. The Microsoft representative told me to be patient and he assured me there will be an update soon to correct these bugs. Has anyone else experienced this momentary flashing black box in the upper left
    corner which appears regardless of what I'm doing? Also can't enable screen saver since Windows 10 download?
     
    DonaldSchiavo, May 1, 2021
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