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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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I am having this issue in Excel also; however, it is now happening in Outlook too. Maybe this is more of a windows 11/office issue.
Thought it might be a graphics issue with my external monitors but does it on laptop when not connected to monitors.
Found that right clicking on the “transparent” window menu bar resolves on a case by case basis.
Still needs to be acknowledged and fixed by Microsoft.
I found that the problem may be related to the refresh rate of display. If set it to 60 Hz or dynamic (60hz & 120 Hz) it will reduce the chances of transparent pop up. Probably linked to intel graphic driver issue because I am using Surface Laptop Studio.
I am running at 60hz and have the problem.
Yeah, I'm already at 60Hz too - still the same problem.