Windows 10: Display Scaling Inadvertently set to 500

I am running Windows 10 Pro and use the Microsoft Office 365 suite. I inadvertently adjusted Display Scaling to 500 Microsoft Recommends Not Going There - My Bad. Machine rebooted and now objects on screen are huge and navigation is impossible. Can anybody tell me how to get back to a normal setting e.g., 125? Thank you...

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Disable display scaling on high DPI settings. globe switch

Hi Lasse,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and your effort towards resolving it.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to customize the display scaling and check if it helps.

• Right click on the open area on the Desktop.
• Select the Graphics properties.
• Click on Display option.
• Click on the General settings from the left pane.
• Under the Scaling click on the Customize
  Aspect Ratio and try to customize.
• Click on Apply.
• If you want to reset the display scaling settings then follow till the above 4th step.
• Then under the Scaling click on the Maintain Display Scaling.
• Click on Apply.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Getting out of Custom Scaling set at 500

I accidently set custom scaling on my Windows 10 PC to 500. The screen is now magnified so high that I cannot navigate enough to correct the scaling. I have tried to enter safe mode but all the methods suggested so far do not seem to work leaving my PC
useless.

Can anyone help Thanks very much Alex

 

How do I globally disable display auto-scaling?

Hi,

In reply to your query with disabling automatic scaling while connecting an external interface.

The scaling is adjusted with the display resolution in dots per inch (DPI) with device you connecting with your PC and its by design.

However you can set a custom scaling level.


To set a custom scaling level :

1. Type "dpiscaling" in the search area on the taskbar and select dpiscaling.

2. Change the scaling settings in the display window.

3. In the display window, you can click on set a custom scaling level option and check if it helps.

Also you can provide us your valuable suggestion in our feedback app.

Follow the steps :

1.Type Feedback in search bar.

2. Select/double click the Feedback app from the listed option in search.

3. Follow online instruction.

Keep us informed with the status of the issue.