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Lenasob
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Aug 22, 2025
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Windows Start Menu Search UI flashing white briefly when opening

Been having this issue on Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26100.4946. It was clean installed from USB on 8/12/2025.

Whenever I use the start menu and type in the search bar the search ui will sometimes briefly flash white before showing dark mode and the rest of the ui. I'm not sure how to fix this or if it can be fixed. I've also noticed it if I click on the search bar on the taskbar

Things I've Tried:

Updating graphics driver
SFC/DISM
Restarting DWM and Explorer from Task Manager
Reset Web Experience and CBS with powershell
Inplace Upgrade

It's not a huge issue as the search still works but it is driving me crazy. I'm not sure if it's the bug with Windows 11 Dark theme when it renders the light theme first then renders over it or what. File Explorer and Task Manager don't have this issue. I looked around online and I didn't see anyone else having this issue with the search menu.

  • Suffering from the same issue over here. It usually happens if the Search menu isn't loaded into memory from what I've seen.

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    DylanDavis
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    Suffering from the same issue over here. It usually happens if the Search menu isn't loaded into memory from what I've seen.

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