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IntelliJ doesn't display... at all

I have a bug which is completely over the planet. IntellIJ doesn't display. It's on, yet doesn't display.

It worked well before, last thing I did was re-setting up new dependencies on my code and (nothing to do with that) re-setting SDK for other reasons, both of which shouldn't be linked to display properties.

As you can see it's working, I see the pop up windows: As you can see it's working, I see the pop up windows

But doesn't display: But doesn't display

Yet I can see IntelliJ windows with Shift + Tab: yet I can see IntelliJ windows with shift+tab

and yes, my screen doesn't duplicate, so it's not hidden in another dimension or something and yes, my screen doesn't duplicate, so it's not hidden in another dimension or something

I tried:

  • restart computer

  • uninstall install IntelliJ

  • uninstall install IntelliJ without previous parameters

  • try other JetBrains software, like DataGrip, it works and displays well

  • call a homeopathic doctor

Unsuccessfully. So I knee and await before your judgement of this critical situation.

Solution

  • I have this exact same behavior happen to me when I use IntelliJ at work and then go home and try to use it via Remote Desktop. It's very strange (regardless of which monitor I leave it on at work when I leave).

    If I hover over it in the task bar and then hover over the thumbnail for the running app, I can right click and tell it to maximize and it magically comes back into focus. Sometimes I have to tell it to restore and then to maximize before this works.

    Occasionally even this doesn't work and I have to close it, re-open, and do the same. It makes no sense, so I understand your frustration.