Why are my excel popup windows transparent?

Anonymous
2022-12-03T13:37:24+00:00

For some reason, popup windows requiring dialogue are transparent, e.g. "Hide/Unhide" worksheets in a workbook. Eventually they appear normal, but very annoying. Affects other popup boxes as well.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-11T17:10:22+00:00

    How is this an answer? Congratulations! You've just been upgraded (by force) to a Windows 11! But wait, there's more! You now get to become a sysadmin and spend hours debugging code you didn't write.

    Lesson here is when you own the market, you can release buggy unstable betaware and leave it to you customers to sort out there problems. I've been on Windowns for 20 years, but now I'm getting a Mac.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-28T06:17:32+00:00

    I have exhausted all troubleshooting options except for performing a clean Windows installation. However, after reading the thread, it appears that even this step may not be effective in resolving the issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-12T18:18:46+00:00

    Still no solution for me, im still using tab to show the window.

    What I realized is that this isse only shows up on my windows 11 laptop. Seems to be only windows 11.

    Another thing i see is that it doesnt happen on my new windows 11 desktop.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-12T17:37:28+00:00

    Thanks.

    My new PC doesn't have a Print Screen function. Sadly.

    However TAB works most of the time.

    I am surprised that this remains unfixed - I have another big annoyance in Excel 365 on W11 and a very big annoyance with Outlook 365.

    Not quite "oven-ready", it seems.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-12T17:25:12+00:00

    I have found that pressing "Print Screen" forces a redraw of the dialog box. It's not a fix, but it makes the issue a little less annoying

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