When I enable curtains, my hidden taskbar will constantly flash at a high frequency

curtains; hidden taskbar; flashing

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I encountered some problems in the process of using curtains, because I am used to setting the system tray of windows to automatically hide, but when curtains is turned on, the line in the taskbar will keep flashing and strobe, which will Makes my eyes very tired when i worked on my laptop. This situation will not happen in the native state. 

 

 

 

 

 

curtains
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce your issue. Need more information.

  1. Windows versions. Please use Winver.exe for full version numbers.
  2. Curtains version.
  3. Monitor/s resolutions setting, scaling applied if any (100%, 125%, 150% etc etc)
  4. Animated wallpaper in the background?
  5. Any other information that might helps

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I‘m really glad to receive your response, I will provide more information about this issue，

1、Windows versions: win10 pro 64-bit  20H2 19042.630

2、Curtains version: 1.12

3、3000×2000，scaling 225% （Surface book)

4、No animated wallpaper in the background

5、Core Graphics：Intel(R) HD Graphics 520, Driver versions：24.20.100.6293

Discrete graphics：NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, Driver versions: 27.21.14.5167

DWM.exe versions: 10.0.19041.508

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I still can't reproduce this issue. Already set my 4K monitors to 225% Scaling. I don't see it. But, It might because you have 2 Graphics processor. Please see if you can try this : (Suggested from another user for another Stardock product)

Go into the Nvidia control panel (right-click on the Nvidia icon in the taskbar notification) and select the control panel > Manage 3D settings > Program Settings. Find Curtains (will probably have to 1. Add it manually. Under 2. Select the preferred graphics processor for this program it will tell you which graphics processor the program is using. It will probably be your integrated one. If it is, select the High-performance NVIDIA processor. It solved most of the lag/flickers issue.

Try that and report back.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Many thanks, It may be due to the refresh and tear caused by dual graphics cards. I added curtains to the default core graphics card driver option in win10 system. At present, there is no flicker problem. Thank you very much for your support and help. 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Great, glad it worked out for you.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant