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nrfConnect for Desktop (Bluetooth Low Energy App) ALWAYS results in blank/white application window after some time of use

nRFConnect for Desktop v3.3.0 
App: Bluetooth Low Energy v2.3.2 
Windows 10 x64 ( 19.04,  19.09), using Dual Monitor. 
Device: PCA10059 or PCA10056

I can start, connect, and use the nRFConnect / Bluetooth Low Energy App without problems for some time. For a certain time it works fine and simply as expected. 
The device attached to my PC usually is a nRF52840 Dongle ( PCA10059 ), but I also verified the problem with a nRF52840 DK  (PCA10056)

But after some time the window becomes completely blank/white. 

I have seen some complaints about a white window in the forum, but none of them seems to have the problem that it first works and then turns white after some time. 
The typical scenario is: 

- Start nrfConnect for Desktop
- Start the Bluetooth Low Energy App from the list of apps
- Select the BTLE device (usually PCA10059) 
- Select "Start Scan" to discover my BTLE devices
- Connect to some BTLE device and communicate with it. 
From now on it is only a question of time (seconds to several minutes) when the client area of the Bluetoot Low Energy app window turns completely white.
May be important to mention: when the window turns white, I usually do nothing in this window.  So the problem appears without any obvious reason. 

I can close the window through the Windows captions close box, but clicking into the white window at different locations does nothing. So it's not just a simple Windows Refresh problem, minimizing and restoring the window does not help. 
What is possible is to press Ctrl-R, then the windows content will appear again, but all connections are lost. So thats not more helpful than restarting the Bluetooth Low Energy App. 

So I cannot work with this longer than 5 minutes in average until I have to restart everything. 
This problem is around since I use the nrfConnect for Windows (1 year approx) , so it was also present with previous versions and never worked for me. 

I investigated the log file, which looks ok, but the final problem is not logged there in any way. 

Is this a known problem ?
How can I get rid of this annoying problem in nrfConnect for Desktop ?

# nRFConnect System Report - 2019-12-06T20-02-51.791Z

- System:     System manufacturer System Product Name
- BIOS:       American Megatrends Inc. ALASKA - 1072009
- CPU:        1 x Intel® Core™ i7-6700 3.40 GHz 8 cores (4 physical)
- Memory:     20.6 GB free of 31.9 GB total
- Filesystem: C: (NTFS) 475.9 GB 62.8% used

- OS:         Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (10.0.18363) win32 ia32

- Versions
    - kernel: 10.0.18363
    - git: 2.12.0.windows.1
    - node: 12.0.0
    - python: 
    - python3: 

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  • Hi

    First of all, I want to apologize sincerely. It seems like this case fell through the cracks, as it hasn't been any updates on the case internally. I am so sorry about this, as this shouldn't happen.

    On the other hand, I'm really glad that you were able to figure it out on your own, and I want to thank you for sharing your solution with us. I have reported this internally, and we will hopefully find a fix to implement in a future nRFConnect release.

    Best regards,

    Simon

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  • Hi

    First of all, I want to apologize sincerely. It seems like this case fell through the cracks, as it hasn't been any updates on the case internally. I am so sorry about this, as this shouldn't happen.

    On the other hand, I'm really glad that you were able to figure it out on your own, and I want to thank you for sharing your solution with us. I have reported this internally, and we will hopefully find a fix to implement in a future nRFConnect release.

    Best regards,

    Simon

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