# “Open Chat as Editor” causes permanent black screen when reopening project

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-chat-as-editor-causes-permanent-black-screen-when-reopening-project/148515>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** crashes, layout, chat\
**Created:** [January 10, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-chat-as-editor-causes-permanent-black-screen-when-reopening-project/148515 "2026-01-10T23:14:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ashish8545](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ashish8545/32/92367_2.png) [@ashish8545](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ashish8545)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-chat-as-editor-causes-permanent-black-screen-when-reopening-project/148515/3 "2026-01-11T12:11:41Z")

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Yes. This happened with me too.

Checkout this thread [Recommended]: [Open chat as editor bug - #3 by deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-chat-as-editor-bug/148297/3)

Solution that worked for me:

- Uninstall the cursor
- Take a backup of C:/Users//.cursor directory (If you have plans, rules, commands, etc. that you don’t want to lose)
- Remove all data  
`rd /s /q “%AppData%\Cursor”`  
`rd /s /q “%LocalAppData%\Cursor”`  
`rd /s /q “%UserProfile%.cursor”`  
`del /f /q “%UserProfile%.cursor*”`
- Fresh reinstall cursor

And avoid using “Open chat as editor”. It’s buggy and is causing issues. You can try dragging the chat tab to editor window as a workaround.

You can also try this if that doesn’t works.

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