It's not working in window

[whale]

Hi, there Cursor Editor won’t open. Nothing appears on the screen when I try to run it. I’ve already tried reinstalling the editor, but it didn’t fix the problem.

This is what it looks like after launch, as shown in the screenshot.

[system]

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Version Information

• For Cursor IDE: Menu → About Cursor → Copy
• For Cursor CLI: Run agent about in your terminal

IDE:
Version: 2.xx.x
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: ......

CLI:
CLI Version 2026.01.17-d239e66

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Does this stop you from using Cursor?

• Yes - Cursor is unusable
• Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor
• No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. This looks like a known issue with GPU rendering on Windows.

Try this workaround:

Option 1 (recommended, permanent fix):

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

{
    "use-angle": "gl"
}

3. Restart Cursor normally

Option 2 (quick test):
Run this in Command Prompt:

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

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

Also worth trying:

• Update your GPU drivers (Nvidia, AMD, Intel) to the latest version
• If it still doesn’t help, try deleting %AppData%\Cursor completely and reinstalling (if you already removed it this way, you don’t need to)

Similar threads with the same bug:

• When running a Cursor program for Windows, it does not work like the image
• Cursor windows app completely blank after loading

Let me know if it doesn’t help.

[whale]

Thank you for your help.

Checking option 2 didn’t resolve the issue, so I tried the following:

1. Updated NVIDIA graphics drivers

2. Reinstalled Cursor

3. Downgraded the Cursor version

However, the same issue persists despite these attempts.

The screenshot below shows the result of running the command.

[deanrie]

I see the standard options didn’t help. Let’s try a deeper cleanup.

Option 1: Clear workspace storage (make a backup first)

1. Fully close Cursor
2. Go to %AppData%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage\
3. Delete everything inside that folder
4. Restart Cursor

Option 2: Full config wipe (you’ll lose settings and chat history)

1. Close Cursor
2. Delete the whole %AppData%\Cursor folder
3. Delete %LocalAppData%\cursor-updater
4. Reinstall Cursor

Option 3: If you haven’t tried Option 1 (argv.json) yet
From your post, it looks like you tried Option 2 (--disable-gpu). Have you tried Option 1 with argv.json? If not:

1. Create %AppData%\Cursor\User\argv.json
2. Add:

{
    "disable-hardware-acceleration": true
}

3. Restart Cursor

Need a bit more info to keep debugging

• What exact Cursor version are you on? (from About, or the installer filename)
• What’s your exact GPU model? (for example, NVIDIA GTX 1650, RTX 3060)

Let me know what you get.

[whale]

Thanks for your help!

It’s resolved now. I deleted all the existing cached data before doing a fresh reinstall, and it’s working perfectly.

I verified it after clearing out everything in the path below. Hope this helps anyone else facing the same issue!