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This problem happens with all windows when maximized.
When the window is maximized there is a bar at the top of the screen through which i can see my desktop. Its like that range that the window can maximize has been shortened.
Here is the link from reddit and this is the exact issue i am having.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/8imjva/windows\_10\_multi\_monitor\_maximized\_window/
We did install all the latest and greatest patch that are available of today and nothing seems to work.
Any help please
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In that Reddit thread, there is a suggestion that worked for me.
Right click desktop, go to Intel HD Graphics settings. Select Display and then choose the option Scale Full Screen. Make sure the option Override Application Settings has the checkbox marked.
Same annoying issue here on Windows 10 x64 1803 with all updates until now!
The issue appears on several apps (chrome, IE, eagle, ...) so it does'nt depends on the app.
My setup is: 2x HDMI/DVI 24" Monitors on an Radeon HD 5450. Internal Intel GPU is not used.
The issue just happend recently sind a few weeks.
I have found an workaround which helps at least for me:
* Open Task Manager
* Goto Tab Details
* select dwm.exe and click "Kill Proccess"
dwm.exe will be closed and restarted automatically from windows and issue is gone.
Yeah i'll know, its a rather annoying workaround but the quickest for me until a real solution pops up.
Hello,
I did a lot of investigation on this problem. I even changed my video card and tried a second monitor without success.
I noticed that I was running an OLD Microsoft Windows 10 (Version 1703) and we are in March 2021.
I decided to update to Windows 10 version 20H2 with the Windows 10 Update Assistant:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799445
The display black/empty bug seems to be resolved on my second monitor but now it is on the third monitor. (I have 3 monitors) !!!
UPDATE 2021-03-26: The bug seems still to be present but a lot less often. (once per two days instead of once every couple hours)
UPDATE 2021-04-05: For now the best fix I found is to use "CONTROL + SHIFT + WIN + B" to reset the graphics adapter (video card driver).
Here are some other pages with the same issue: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/black-bar-on-top-of-screen-with-random/1282761a-cf46-490d-b1db-f686898d9f23 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/black-or-white-bars-at-top-or-bottom-of-screen/8fcd41e5-0237-45a2-8197-07721dce4bd2
Q? HOW CAN WE REACH MICROSOFT ?
Probably wont happen on either but I dont think converting 1000+ machines to either OS is really a viable option.
I did a batch file that kill this process and yes it does work but not for long. I have to run this batch file every couple hours...
