[TC10.50b7] Can't open TC, blank screen not responding

[Korutz]

Since some weeks this is what I see when I start Total Commander:
Image: https://i.imgur.com/CCnZoZX.png

Sadly I don't recall the exact moment when it stopped working, so I don't know which change potentially could have caused it.
Maybe it happens since Windows Update?

Reinstalling TC doesn't help.

How do I investigate this? I can't find any TC logs. There is TC Log Viewer but it can only run from within TC.

[petermad]

Reinstalling TC doesn't help.

Did you delete TC's setting files (manually) before reinstalling?

Try starting TC with the command line parameter /i=new.ini

[Korutz]

After uninstalling TC with BCuninstaller (which removes remnants more thoroughly than TC's uninstaller) and reinstalling TC once again it finally works.

[Korutz]

Actually something is still wrong, TC has become unusable.

When I maximize TC's window a lot of UI is covered in black rectangles:
https://i.imgur.com/dHdHr33.png

And when I open "Find Files" I cannot use either: https://i.imgur.com/DB3m4vb.png there are text fields missing! And I cannot click on anything.

Edit. After restarting PC it works normally. But if anyone has a clue why it might happen please let me know.

[white]

Looks like a graphic driver problem or problem with your graphic card.

Check if an update of your driver was automatically installed.

[HolgerK]

After restarting PC it works normally. But if anyone has a clue why it might happen please let me know.

It could be a GDI or User object problem on your system.
GDI and User objects are a limited resource per session and a desktop program needs a few of them to show dialogs.

- open "Task manager"
- switch to "Details" tab
- context menu of tab header -> "Select columns"
- activate "GDI objects" and "User objects"
- sort by these columns to identify the process which consumes a huge amount of these objects,
Any process which is consuming more than the usually few hundred objects?
- try to terminate the corresponding program and check the dialog problem again.

HTH
Holger

[ghisler(Author)]

Moderator message

Moved to will not be changed, doesn't seem to be caused by TC itself