Cursor Completely Blank (Windows App)

[OsRitmos (Kevin Goodspeed)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I just see a completely blank window upon opening. This is after many hours of using it, so it’s worked before.

Steps to Reproduce

Open the app. It just hangs.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Whatever the latest is.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[OsRitmos (Kevin Goodspeed)]

I just see this:

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. From your screenshot, I can see an empty window.

This is usually a GPU rendering compatibility issue on Windows. Please try one of these options:

Option 1 (recommended, permanent fix):

1. Create or edit this file: %AppData%\Cursor\User\argv.json
2. Add this content:

   {
       "use-angle": "gl"
   }
   

3. Restart Cursor

Option 2 (quick test):
Start Cursor with this command:

"C:\Program Files\Cursor\Cursor.exe" --disable-gpu

If option 2 worked, option 1 should give better performance.

Also:

• Update your Nvidia or AMD drivers to the latest version
• Share your exact Cursor version (Help > About Cursor > Copy) and your GPU model if the issue still happens

Let me know if this helped.

[Vamsidhar_Yeddu]

Facing same issue here but on Linux:
Cursor IDE Version: 2.3.41-1
OS: Arch Linux
Kernel: 6.18.5-arch1-1
DE: KDE
CPU: Intel Ultra 9 275HX (24) @ 5.300GHz
GPU: RTX 5080 (nvidia-open 590.48.01-7)
It’s happening only for one directory and is working fine for others. I was able to fix it by renaming the directory.