Windows 10: Change DPI Scaling Level for Displays in Windows 10

Hi all, is it there the possibility to setup a custom DPI scaling differently from OS and application (game)?

Example 150% for Windows OS, and 149% for only one game application?

 

Hello Kerpert, and welcome to Ten Forums.

I'm afraid that the DPI setting is a global setting that cannot be set per app. You could set the DPI per display if that may help to be able to run each app on a separate display with the DPI you want.

 

You can only turn OFF DPI scaling per app by going to the properties of the shortcut, compatibility tab, and check "Disable Display Scaling on High DPI Settings".

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

 

Hi, thanks both for reply.

Strangely this app hasn't effect with and without that option enabled (aldo under all user tab).
I have to keep all at 149%.

 

I'm having the exact same problems also on a Dell (2-in-1 7568)! so frustrated have spent hours online with Dell tech support! Also tried the program someone else suggested as a "quick fix" it did not work for me either. Does anyone have any other ideas?

 

I know there hasn't been activity for a while on this thread, but I will try posting a question anyway: My move to Win 10 seemed to go well until I took a closer look at the display and saw changes from my previous Win 7 setup. My Dell monitor is not particularly high-resolution (1280 x 1024), but with the update Windows shows the resolution scale factor at 150%. Some applications (Chrome, for example) look OK, but others (such as dBase) look different--everything seems compressed, auto-centered controls are not centered on the screen. I went to the place where the DPI can be adjusted, and 150% is shown with no option for changing it to anything else. I went to the custom page and it showed 125%. As the tutorial above described, I checked the Registry setting, and it shows the value as 120 (that is, 125%). I am not sure what to do. If the scaling factor actually is 150%, then I would like to try 125%, but am puzzled as to why the slider for choosing scale factor won't let me change it. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Hello Jim, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Are you able to change your DPI using the other options?

Please go ahead and post a screenshot showing this in Settings to see if anything may stand out.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...en-forums.html

 

Yes, I can change the DPI on the advanced settings (custom) page. As I said, it defaults to 125 (which, I assume, is where the system thinks it is actually set). I have attached a screenshot showing the initial page, where the 150% cannot be changed.

 

Ah, ok.

The size in Settings doesn't mean anything since you have a custom DPI size set and used instead, and is also why you're unable to make changes in Settings.

 

I didn't say previously that this is my second Win 10 installation. When I installed it the first time, 125% was displayed in the settings, with the option of moving the slider to other figures (100 or 150). Clearly when I first upgraded, Windows decided that 125 was the best setting. I was having problems with Firefox, which deals with scaling options differently from every other browser. So I selected 100% to deal with the Firefox problem, but found this is to be much too small. So I returned to Win 7 to check what my previous settings had been. They showed up as 125%. So I again installed Win 10, but this time the figure had become 150%, with no option to change it. I'm still not clear why the Registry would give a dpi size as 125%, but the slider is showing 150%. It is definitely different from what was displayed in the first Win 10 installation.

 

The setting in the registry will override what you see in Settings.

You are unable to change it in Settings (option 1) since you either have it set in the registry (option 3) or custom size (option 2). If you undo option 2 and 3, you should be able to set option 1 again.

 

Thanks very much for clarifying that. For the record, I did not set the DPI in the Registry; that entry must have been placed there by Windows during installation (I didn't even know how to do it until I saw the instructions in the TenForums tutorial). Since I did set the DPI in my first Win 10 installation (by moving the slider), perhaps the value was written to the Registry then.

After writing the last time, I read some more on this site and found the suggestion that using compatibility mode for individual applications might help display issues, and that worked with dBase. I am feeling somewhat more optimistic that I can stick with Win 10.

Thank you for your help and patience.

 

I'm glad to hear you got it sorted Jim. *Party

 

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I am new to this forum and have a display issue with my new Windows 10 desktop. My current display setting is 1680x1050. At this setting, the display is larger than I would like and everything is a little but fuzzy. Windows informs me the recommended setting is 2048x1152. This makes things smaller, but the task bar disappears below the bottom of the screen. Can I use the DPI scaling level to adjust this, and if so which of the 3 options is recommended? Thanks.