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[Bug]: `msedge`'s GUI solely displays a `#FFFFF` backdrop without `--disable-gpu`.

Open RokeJulianLockhart opened this issue 2 months ago • 1 comments

Windows Sandbox version

  1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
    Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftWindows.WindowsSandbox
    
  2. Architecture : X64
    Version      : 0.5.3.0
    

Windows build number

If you refer to the Sandbox: ^1

  1. Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object -Property 'OsBuildNumber' | Format-List
    
  2. OSBuildNumber : 26100
    

Other software

  1. [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo("${Env:ProgramFiles(X86)}\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe") | Select-Object 'FileVersion' | Format-List
    
  2. FileVersion : 142.0.3935.19
    

Steps to reproduce the bug

Inside powershell, inside Sandbox: ^2

start msedge

Expected result

Its GUI should be visible.

Actual result

Without --disable-gpu, the GUI fails to invoke. Instead, it solely displays an #FFFFF backdrop:

Image

However, the window decorations remain operative. Regardless, with --disable-gpu, all operates as expected:

Image

Included System Information

If you refer to the host: ^1

  1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
    Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object -Property @('OsName', 'OsBuildNumber') | Format-List
    
  2. OsName        : Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
    OsBuildNumber : 26120
    

RokeJulianLockhart avatar Oct 17 '25 23:10 RokeJulianLockhart

As a workaround stop msedge and start it without GPU acceleration: taskkill /F /IM msedge.exe start msedge --disable-gpu

jbubik avatar Oct 20 '25 21:10 jbubik