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Distorted M-Files Desktop Windows (Solution)

Last updated on 22 September 2021

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Overview

If you have many Windows Explorer and M-Files Desktop windows open simultaneously, you may end up to the situation where content of the windows get distorted. This is limitation of Microsoft Windows and can resolved by changing a registry setting.
 

Solution

If you encounter this situation, increase a following registry entry
KeyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
 
Value nameGDIProcessHandleQuota
Value typeREG_DWORD
Value data10000 (Default), increase to e.g. 15000

After the change, restart a computer to make it active.

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