No other users reported this "shadow window" issue on Windows 7 (both 32 and 64bit), so it's pretty strange...

Does it also happen when you type "e"?
And are you able to close it somehow or do you have to kill the process?

Hmmm I will get a Windows 7 machine soon so hopefully I will be able to
further investigate this...

Address Labels and other preferences are saved in the wallet (electrum.dat) file. Can you give more details as to what happened?   Did you try to edit, move or delete  the wallet file?

I did see this message though in the console (electrum still works though)...

Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26)

Type "electrum -help" for a list of available commands.
(Full documentation at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum)
---

11/09/2012 10:00:24.56> e
Install zbar package to enable QR scans
Connected to electrum.bitcoins.sk:50001
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Pyt
hon27\lib\threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\interface.py", line 426, in run
    self.handle_response(response)
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\interface.py", line 376, in handle_response
    self.wallet.receive_history_callback(addr, result)
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\wallet.py", line 865, in receive_history_callback
    self.save()
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\wallet.py", line 670, in save
    f = open(self.path,"w")
IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('w') or filename: 'C:\\Users\\Sovereign108\\
AppData\\Local\\Electrum\\electrum.dat'

Disconnected.
Poking

I don't see any electrum.dat files, just electrum files. i deleted everything and the shadow window still comes up. Somehow, it remembers my wallet transaction details??? I thought I deleted everything...

Hi, I lost my labels again! This time I didn't do anything out of place and I don't see any error messages.....

i'm using electrum on mac and the application doesn't connect to a server anymore.
I found an executable with console in the app package folder  and found this error:

/Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/Electrum ; exit;
MacBook-pro-myname:~ myname$Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/Electrum ; exit;
Install zbar package to enable QR scans
Connected to 176.9.206.164:50001
received error: {u'id': 4, u'error': u'limit reached: 1BMRCqkRWGS9v59NfMTDoJn5egPX1fAxJi'}


how can i restore my wallet?



+there seems to be a bug in the mac version.  when i press "pro mode" nothing happens, until i go into the menu and press "about electrum" then it goes to the pro interface.

Is there any way to sign a message with an address using electrum?  I want to quit using the satoshi client completely.

Sweet!  That was the only reason I was putting up with satoshi client.  Didn't think to ask before now.