# All disabled lights shown after opening .pvsm file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/all-disabled-lights-shown-after-opening-pvsm-file/11421
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/all-disabled-lights-shown-after-opening-pvsm-file/11421 "2023-02-16T09:18:28Z")
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### Author: ![fvg](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@fvg](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fvg)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/all-disabled-lights-shown-after-opening-pvsm-file/11421/1 "2023-02-16T09:18:28Z")

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If I save a pvsm file for later use, which has some disabled manual lights, they are always shown in view after opening the file.  
Only method of removing them from view is enable and disable again.

I expect these to not be visible when disabled.

Paraview version 5.11.0

example file:  
[light bug.pvsm](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/mm3GpR8paMeVVENGOJbHuDF5aXj.pvsm) (295.6 KB)

issue:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/328750fc694316aca87f8ace0e4f133adcf05a62.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/all-disabled-lights-shown-after-opening-pvsm-file/11421/2 "2023-02-16T09:58:16Z")

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Fixed in ParaView master, you can try the nightly from [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)