Windows 10: Strange grayish rectangle on my desktop

Discus and support Strange grayish rectangle on my desktop in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I just turned on my pc and found this box, just sitting there in the corner of my desktop, I clicked on it and nothing seemed to happen, so I right... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Frienderman2379, Jan 31, 2021.

  1. Strange grayish rectangle on my desktop


    I just turned on my pc and found this box, just sitting there in the corner of my desktop,

    I clicked on it and nothing seemed to happen, so I right clicked only to get the normal right

    click menu for the desktop, though it could be a program, I don't think so... maybe its a driver issue. I don't have much more information aside from that I rebooted my PC, and it was gone, after which it decided to say hi again. It came back, so I'm wondering what you have to say about it, and maybe help me.


    Thanks in advance.

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    :)
     
    Frienderman2379, Jan 31, 2021
    #1
  2. bli331 Win User

    Strange blue rectangle at corner of desktop


    Strange grayish rectangle on my desktop fbd1159e-3d6e-4452-8de9-f5f54822f3ed?upload=true.png


    Hi all,

    Recently I've had this strange white rectangle appearing in the top left corner of both my PC and my computer's desktop. I have no idea what it is because I can't find it in task manager. It seems to disable Wallpaper Engine as well. It is also completely
    un-interactable.

    Google searches about this seem to bring up a similar issue where there is a much smaller white square but the fixes for that don't work for me.

    Anybody have any idea how to fix this?
     
    bli331, Jan 31, 2021
    #2
  3. Strange Grey Rectangles on Screen

    Since over a week I have been dealing with three strange rectangles on my display. They appear already on system start up before the log in screen. I tried to find a process on Task Manager that may cause this annoyance. I remember having installed a Windows
    store app, Ditto. I uninstalled it and rebooted but still there Strange grayish rectangle on my desktop :( Those pesky rectangles appear in normal and safe mode and in any account. Below are 2 pictures to show what I'm talking about. Any help greatly appreciated � 3 annoying rectangles on Log-in
    screen Even in Safe Mode, those 3 annoying rectangles won't go
     
    ✨Fancy Rat✨, Jan 31, 2021
    #3
  4. RuneW Win User

    Strange grayish rectangle on my desktop

    Stubborn grey rectangle covering up the upper left of the desktop


    After I tried adding a virtual desktop, a strange gray rectangle has appeared on my desktop (both Desktop 1 and Desktop 2 I might add). This semi translucent rectangle covers up the desktop icons so that I cannot click on them.

    I've tried to close all apps, but it won't go away. Any idea what this is all about?

    -Rune


    EDIT: Never mind. It disappeared with a reboot.
     
    RuneW, Jan 31, 2021
    #4
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