Windows 10: Weird black window appeared on my desktop and i dont know what to do with it

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Weird nameless gray (or black) window appearing all the time

Now I was able to find out that WinLister indeed does help me with this. I can see that the black box matches with several open windows. I can do the matching by comparing window location and sizes. So what are these windows? It's a long list at the moment:

• Class: WorkerW
• DDE Server Window (Class: OleDdeWndClass)
• Class: Base_PowerMessageWindow
• Class: Chrome_WidgetWin_0
• Logitech SetPoint
• Default IME
• MSCTFIME UI

So it's pretty much random. Those windows have clearly "crashed" to a buggy state. But naturally the source of the problem is probably not those applications. Although DDE Server Window is the most prominent one so that maybe the suspect #1.

I also noticed that when the problem appears, then right-click-on-desktop and Intel Graphics Settings do work, but Display Settings and Personalize do nothing (they don't open and there's no error message). That suggests this might possibly have something to do with multiple displays crashing somehow. I have two screens, a TV and a projector. Never had a problem like this before, it just suddenly started and I didn't do any changes to the screens. I do not use an extended desktop or anything like that, just one desktop multiplied into two screens.

 

Desktop background gone black after a few minutes of use on laptop.

Hello,

Desktop background and taskbar going black could be due to software conflicts.

We would like to know some information to better assist you with your concern:

• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Did you get any error messages or error codes?

In the meantime, we suggest that you try to check if the "Show Windows Background" option is turned on. Follow the steps below:

• Open Settings in the Start menu.
• Go to Ease of Access, then on the left side, click
  Other options.
• Turn on Show Windows Background and check if it works.

We will wait for your reply.

 

Black screen after Windows update.

Hi Crystel,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

• Were you able to get to the desktop screen after you restarted the system?
  
• When the screen was blank, were you able to see the cursor on the screen?
  
• Did you get any error code or error message?
  

Please get back to us with answers to above questions, for us to suggest the appropriate troubleshooting steps.

Meanwhile, I suggest to try the steps mentioned in the article below and let us know if it helps.

Troubleshoot black screen or blank screen errors

We look forward for your reply.

Thanks,

Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator