Windows 10: Custom Display Scaling on Multiple Monitors w/ Dock

Hello,


I've encountered the world's most infuriating problem for which I do not believe there is a solution. I recently purchased an HP ZBook 14u w/ it's associated thunderbolt dock. I have two 24" 4K displays connected to the dock. For the monitors, under scale and layout I've set scaling to 225% which IS listed under available pre-set scaling options and they look fantastic. For the laptop screen however, the recommended setting is 300% too big with the setting below that being 250% too small. Setting a custom scale of 275% is perfect. The problem is, if I set custom scaling on the laptop screen, and then plug it into the dock, it carries over to the two monitors changing them to 275% making them too big. It seems there is no way to set custom scaling for an individual display. It also seems that there is no way to add a certain scale percentage in this case 275% to the list of available options within the settings on the laptop screen without setting a custom number.


Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Are there any drivers, registry tweaks or custom apps that can allow me to set custom scaling for an individual screen and not have it carry over to all the displays when I connect the laptop to the dock?

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Custom Scaling per monitor - Windows 10

Hi again Jon, Here is a step-by-step guide on how to set different custom scaling on multiple monitors in Windows 10 (build 1703) - https://www.howtogeek.com/304036/how-to-adjust-scaling-for-different-monitors-in-windows-10/

 

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