How could I disable hardware acceleration on Github Desktop?

[KianGhk1530]

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I've been experiencing issues with hardware acceleration on my system after a Windows update, and I could only fix it by disabling hardware acceleration. Is there anyway I could disable hardware acceleration on GitHub Desktop? There's no settings option for it, and I tried a CMD Prompt command that Google suggested "set GITHUB_DESKTOP_DISABLE_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION=1" which did not work.
Thank you!

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[anirban222777das]

Hey @KianGhk1530 👋

Yeah, this kind of issue can pop up after system updates can happen some times. GitHub Desktop doesn’t currently expose a setting in the UI to disable hardware acceleration, but you might try launching it with the environment variable set before the app starts.

Try this in PowerShell or Command Prompt before launching GitHub Desktop:

setx GITHUB_DESKTOP_DISABLE_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION 1

Then restart your computer or log out and back in, and open GitHub Desktop again to see if the changes take effect.

If that still doesn’t work, you might want to open an issue on the GitHub Desktop repo](https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues) so the dev team can take a closer look.

Hope that helps!🙂

[KianGhk1530]

Worked, thank you!