Claude Desktop window is completely blank

Resolved 💬 7 comments Opened May 13, 2026 by ldwalker511-creator Closed Jul 4, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When I downloaded the desktop version of Claude, the screen is blank, I tried the cache clearing, reinstalling, restarting computer and I looked at the Event Viewer - it shows no errors, I downloaded the AMD lastest version. I have Window 11

What Should Happen?

I should be able to use the desktop version of Claude.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Just to open the desktop version and it is a blank screen. I can access the program on-line.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

no

Claude Code Version

1.7196.0.0

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

<img width="456" height="392" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f13cd3ef-83f2-4194-974a-634488b7139f" /

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