Windows 10: Quick Window Flashing / Popping Up Periodically

Hi,

So a window keeps popping up periodically. It just flashes and goes away. I cannot see a title or anything in the window. I am concerned it is malware or a virus of some sort. How can I tell?

Thanks,
Robert

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I upgraded my Surface Pro 1 from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and about every 30 seconds a box pops up just flashing on the screen

Original Title: Surface Pro 1 Upgrade to Windows 10

I upgraded my Surface Pro 1 from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and about every 30 seconds a box pops up just flashing on the screen and disappears. it flashes so quick I cant see if it says anything what could be causing the flashing screen and how can I stop
it.

 

CMD or Dialog Window Pops Open and Closes Quickly Ever Hour

I see a similar CMD window pop-up/flash when I periodically and intentionally stop the ClickToRunSvc. I stop this service when I am gaming along with other unnecessary background tasks.

This CMD window pop-up/flash interrupts my game as it steals focus away from my gaming window, causing whatever my actions are to halt.

This is super annoying. I cannot properly express how frustrating this is. If you are going to pull this crap, at least run the script with the "START /MIN" command so you can force the window to be minimized so I do get interrupted by it.

LEARN. TO. SCRIPT. MICROSOFT.

 

Hi Robert. Welcome to the Tenforums at @lordvon

First have you used an alternate scanner as a second set of eyes, something like HitmanPro?

HitmanPro Malware Removal Tool: Secondary Anti-Virus Scanner | Download HitmanPro 3.7

Next you can determine if this a schedule task. Right after you see the window run this command

schtasks /query /FO TABLE /v |clip

as outlined in this article, "Follow this General Troubling Shooting Advice".
(You have to scroll down to find this section.)
(please don't load any kind of driver update tool.)

You should be able to match time of window very closely with time in report.

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...e-immediately/


Ken

 

Actually if you a running Office 365 it is probably the culprit. I had this issue and purchased Movavi Screen Capture to be able tell what it was doing, it flashes by so fast. After an hour or so I caught it, then proceeded to go frame by frame to tell what it was.

Mine turned out to be something in the Office/root directory. I called support and they just told me to remove Office and re-install. (where have we heard that before)*sarc

I removed them and haven't reinstalled as of yet, but no more flashing. It seems it started after some updates a week ago or so. Mine is on Windows 8.1 but suspect probably the same thing on 10.

 

Solution here:
OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration flashes a window every hour - Microsoft Community

 

Hi Robert. Glad you found answer. If you could mark thread solved others will find your solution.