# Phantom Windows appearing in Unreal Engine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback & Requests\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, bug-report, UE4, question, Blueprint\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382 "2022-07-14T01:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThorusoferOfficial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThorusoferOfficial](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThorusoferOfficial)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/1 "2022-07-14T01:12:11Z")
So lately I’ve noticed that Unreal Engine 4 has what I’m dubbing ‘phantom windows’ that appear into existence and then immediately go away about once a minute or so. When I say phantom windows, its like the very edges of a window opening up, not a full window from any program, game, app, or anything. And it only happens when I’m in Unreal Engine 4. Has anyone else noticed this before, and if so is there a way to make it go away? ---
**Author:** ![ZenLeviathan](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/zenleviathan/32/551307_2.png) [@ZenLeviathan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ZenLeviathan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/2 "2022-07-14T01:23:04Z")
Hey @ThorusoferOfficial, thanks for posting in the forum! What version of UE4 are you using? Is there any way you could possibly screen record the issue? My first recommendation would be to re-install UE4 on your device, because I haven’t seen this problem specifically. I hope this helps a bit! -Zen ---
**Author:** ![ThorusoferOfficial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThorusoferOfficial](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThorusoferOfficial)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/3 "2022-07-14T01:37:11Z")
I’m currently using 4.27.2, and this is an issue that’s actually persisted across two different computers now. I can attempt to reinstall it, but I would prefer that as a last-ditch effort because UE4 does take so long to install. As for screen recording the issue, I managed to do that actually! Unfortunately, even though I’ve had this account for about 2 years now, it’s saying that I’m a new user and can’t upload anything in reply to this ^^’ ---
**Author:** ![ThorusoferOfficial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThorusoferOfficial](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThorusoferOfficial)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/4 "2022-07-14T01:38:46Z")
Uh, whoops accidentally hit solution on my latest reply when I did not mean to ^^’ @ZenLeviathan Not sure if you can remove that possibly ---
**Author:** ![ThorusoferOfficial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThorusoferOfficial](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThorusoferOfficial)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/5 "2022-07-17T03:53:29Z")
[UE4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/t_6hKXHbwxc) @ZenLeviathan I still can’t upload attachments, but here is the clip I took uploaded and unlisted for you to view the problem. ---
**Author:** ![ZenLeviathan](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/zenleviathan/32/551307_2.png) [@ZenLeviathan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ZenLeviathan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/6 "2022-07-25T15:30:56Z")
Hey @ThorusoferOfficial I found a thread from a while back that might be able to help. > [@UI flickering in Editor](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ui-flickering-in-editor/435053): > > I have flickering occurring when hovering over any UI element(which only started two days ago). It happens in both 14.9.2 and 4.20.3. The GPU driver is up to date and I also uninstalled and reinstalled everything(also went back to an older GPU driver and that didn’t fix it). I even swapped the HDMI cords just in case of bad cords and that didn’t fix the issue either. It will flicker even when selecting a template or project before it’s loaded as well. If i do a screen record from the computer yo… The fix in the bottom of the thread is: "Just go to: Project Settings-\>Engine: User Interface-\>DPI Scaling, then uncheck the toggle box which says “Allow high DPI in game mode” I hope this can help your problem! -Zen ---
**Author:** ![ThorusoferOfficial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThorusoferOfficial](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThorusoferOfficial)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/7 "2022-09-20T04:38:54Z")
Ah I somehow missed this the past few months, but unfortunately, I don’t think that’s the solution here as that seems to be checked off by default in all of my projects, and I still have the issue. ---
**Author:** ![ZenLeviathan](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/zenleviathan/32/551307_2.png) [@ZenLeviathan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ZenLeviathan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/8 "2022-09-22T16:25:20Z")
@ThorusoferOfficial, I know it might be a pain, and you’d definitely need to back up your files, but have you thought about / tried updating your engine version? Sometimes things like that are little bugs that get hotfixed in the source code. I wish I had a better answer for you, though. I hope your development is going well! -Zen ---
**Author:** ![ThorusoferOfficial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThorusoferOfficial](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThorusoferOfficial)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/9 "2024-06-09T20:44:25Z")
Well a lots happened since all of that! This seems to have just been an issue in 4.26/4.27, because now that I’ve swapped over to 5 for my newer projects, I actually haven’t seen any new issues pop up. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/phantom-windows-appearing-in-unreal-engine/604382/10 "2024-07-09T20:45:00Z")
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