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A tool for quick resolution changing!
« on: May 02, 2017, 11:47:01 am »
Hello!

I'm looking for a program for quick resolution changing in Windows 7 x64! For example to change quickly from i.e. 768x576 to 384x288.

I have tried MultiRes 1.58 from Entech taiwan but it doesnt register resolutions lower than 640x480.
Also I have tried QuickRes 2 v1.1.3 which is aware of resolutions lower than 640x480 but is unable to switch to them producing an error message.

Is there anything else I have missed that will work in Windows 7? ArcadeOSD takes way too much time just to quickly change resolutions.

Thanks for any help!


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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2017, 04:05:59 pm »
I am using this: http://tools.taubenkorb.at/change-screen-resolution/
I found it the only one working OK in my setup , maybe it works for you too  :cheers:

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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2017, 04:27:38 pm »
I am using this: http://tools.taubenkorb.at/change-screen-resolution/
I found it the only one working OK in my setup , maybe it works for you too  :cheers:
Thank you for the reply.

I tried this tool and it gives me back error message about video display not available.

I tried /w=720 /h=288 both via shortcut and comand prompt.


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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2017, 05:28:06 pm »
sad to hear it, I don't know any other tool that you haven't tried yet...

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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2017, 07:37:38 pm »
I found a great tool the other week that should work. You set your display(s) up the way you want, and then save a profile. To get back to that setting, you can just run the utility through a commandline with that profile as a parameter. Make a batch file to do that, and then set a shortcut to the batch file if needed. It's a little more effort to do this the first time, but after that it just runs when you double-click the icon.

I can't for the life of me remember the name of it, but I think it was this one - https://sourceforge.net/projects/monitorswitcher/

If it doesn't work, give me a holler and i'll confirm what I used in the cab :)

I tried nirsoft, displaychanger and a few others, but nothing else would work in an AHK script from AM to load a resolution, then load an emulator, then switch back to the AM-ideal resolution when the emulator closed.

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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2017, 10:19:45 pm »
ChangeScreenResolution works fine for me on windows 7.
you need to specify the device you want to modify on the line prompt. /d=\\.\DISPLAY1

Code: [Select]
ChangeScreenResolution /l to list your devices.

here's what I have in my res640.cmd batch file :
Code: [Select]
changescreenresolution /w=640 /h=480 /d=\\.\DISPLAY1
it's instant changing.

I also use with a resident ahk allowing a shortcut on the cabinet panel for instant 640x480i, allowing a decent computer desktop. I can post if you want. This should work too with an emulator launch as you describe.
« Last Edit: May 02, 2017, 11:24:43 pm by funkycochise »

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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2017, 04:05:17 am »
Thank you guys!!!

As per your instructions I managed ChangeScreenResolution to work. It just needed display device to be set up.

changescreenresolution /w=640 /h=480 /d=\\.\DISPLAY1

I created shortcuts with these parameters an Pinned them to Taskbar.

Now resolution changing is super fast and flawless. It even keeps arranged position of desktop icons when switching.

 :D :D :D

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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2017, 11:24:39 am »
I am using commands similar to this: ChangeScreenResolution.exe /w=640 /h=480 /d=0 , in retrospect I should have mentioned it...

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Re: A tool for quick resolution changing!
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2017, 01:59:35 pm »
As per your instructions I managed ChangeScreenResolution to work. It just needed display device to be set up.

I created shortcuts with these parameters an Pinned them to Taskbar.
glad you sort it out.

at first I also used shortcut on desktop configured with keyboard shortcut,
I order to avoid the need of a mouse. But there was a lack of fiability in windows.
Keyboard shortcuts were sometimes not working. So I managed to do the same with autohotkey.
Biggest advantage : It also avoids starting twice the same executable as process existence can be checked
before launching.