Unity Editor shows additional ghost window in taskbar

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Since today, I have the problem that when I start Unity through the Hub, Unity not only shows the editor in the Windows taskbar but also a “ghost window” that is completely empty in the taskbar preview.

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When I hover the mouse over it, a blank Windows Console/Terminal window appears.

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However, I cannot focus on the “ghost window.” If I close the ghost window, the Unity editor also shuts down. This problem has never existed for me before. What could be the reason for this?

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It turns out the issue is caused by having a newer version of Unity installed alongside the older one.

When I install Unity versions 6000.0.14, 6000.0.15, 6000.0.16, or 6000.0.17 and then open a project in Unity 6000.0.4, it brings up an extra ghost window.

However, when I uninstall the newer versions, the ghost window disappears from the older Unity version. :man_shrugging:

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Yup, that also worked for me. Weird.