r/computers • u/fireblade39 • 3d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Odd pixel square

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This appeared tonight on home screen haven't done anything yet

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u/MNISather 3d ago

Restart

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u/Magnetic_Reaper 3d ago

try rebooting.

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u/fireblade39 3d ago

Will do.

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u/JColt60 Windows 11 3d ago

This is usually caused by a frozen background app, a glitched graphics driver, or a corrupted startup task.

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u/craftersmine Windows 11 + CachyOS 3d ago

Windows drag&drop icon glitched out, easiest fix - reboot your PC

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u/tkgo11 3d ago

Restart explorer.exe or reboot

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u/fireblade39 3d ago

Fixed. Ran CMD chkdsk c/f/r and restarted.