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On a different computer that has not had VLC installed before I installed it right from the videolan website and had the same results in Windows search, so this doesn't appear to be Ninte. https://i.imgur.com/t36kvgO.png Perhaps this would be better reported as a change request to not install this s...

I think this came from Ninite, but you raise a good point, it may be Ninite that put this shortcut here. Let me uninstall and install directly from the official website and see if that shortcut is still there.

I'm not looking for a solution here to my specific problem, I'm asking why is VLC including a start menu shortcut to reset preferences in the first place?

When you search for "VLC" on Windows 10, the first result that comes up (for me, at least) is the shortcut to reset preferences and local cache. https://i.imgur.com/wBk8oWA.png While I understand that this isn't a bug with VLC, it may be a good reason to take a look at the value of install...

I am also having this problem. When playing a video in full screen, the video flickers black when the player controls fade in or out, and flickers when the mouse cursor is hidden or shown. I'm on Windows 10 1809 using VLC 3.0.4 There's not much from the logs either: main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'mou...