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

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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

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

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

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After uninstalling TC with BCuninstaller (which removes remnants more thoroughly than TC's uninstaller) and reinstalling TC once again it finally works.
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Re: [TC10.50b7] Can't open TC, blank screen not responding

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

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

Check if an update of your driver was automatically installed.
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Re: [TC10.50b7] Can't open TC, blank screen not responding

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Korutz wrote: 2022-05-28, 23:44 UTCAfter 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.

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

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