A few times a day, I get this weird invisible window that pops up
It goes away when I exit it out or click into it, but it keeps showing up. Any clues as to what program this might be and/or how to solve it? This is a zoomed-in picture of the icon
EDIT: I found the little sucker.
The icon is the default icon when a #C application is created with Visual Studio.
It is an UAC service which is something that facilitates the escalation of privileges provided to the application.
Such services aren’t supposed to have any windows but due to some bugs at the developing end, they are visible to the users and are quite annoying.
The icon mentioned by the OP is a special kind of service which has some software related bugs which lead to the window being visible whereas it should be hidden.
You cannot prevent it from coming back as it is working in coordination with the Skyfonts application which is a fonts application which means it will require partially administrative rights to change the fonts of windows.
This particular issue can be solved by using another fonts application that doesn’t require administrative rights or downloading the font that you like the most and not use any application for the same.
This is a necessary service and hence nothing can be done to prevent it, also do not try to interrupt these services while they are working.
The only option to prevent it from constantly appearing in between while Alt + Tab ing is to create a virtual desktop and drag and drop the window to that desktop so that it doesn’t interfere while cycling through the open windows.
Warning
Make sure to check which applications these services originate from, if they are from applications that you do not recognize, please take proper action as they can be malicious too. Eg: Malware or virus.
Note: It is not related to Skyfonts specifically and there maybe many another applications that may result in the same window appearing.
Other services that I am aware of which have such windows appearing are Lenovo driver update services (please add more if you are aware of them).
Creating a general solution for anyone who faces this issue, there are many people who search for this on the web but can’t find a general solution so trying to make one. Help me make it better. Also trying this new method for the first time please comment if it can be improved.
