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| Malenko:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 13, 2018, 03:47:25 pm ---Maybe run the problem programs on a secondary monitor? --- End quote --- ^This is the easiest solution. You can get fairly good results with manifests but you have to create one and the corresponding registry entry for every single program but you can still run into some of the same issues you're having with Windows scaling. |
| BadMouth:
I ended up fumbling with the manifest thing enough to understand that the tutorial I was following was only half necessary. Here is what I did (after getting it wrong a few times): 1. Changed registry key to allow for external manifests. 2. Accessed the programs real manifest using Resource Hacker 3. Copy and pasted real manifest into notepad. 4. Changed <dpiAware>true</dpiAware> to <dpiAware>false</dpiAware> 5. Saved in same folder as the WinISD.exe as WinISD.exe.manifest It scales large enough to be usable now. The text doesn't look real great, but compared to having to use a magnifying glass it is awesome. (letting windows attempt to make it look "less blurry" only makes it worse) :applaud: EDIT: Worked well on WinISD, but on the other program (Family Tree Maker 2014) where the boxes didn't scale with the text it made things worse. I can live with it. Glad to have WinISD usable. |
| BadMouth:
After fiddling with it some more I've realized that none of that was necessary. :-[ Since the program already had <dpiAware>true</dpiAware> in its original manifest it was already scaling, just poorly. All that was really necessary was to override the programs scaling with windows scaling. right click on the exe>properties>compatibility>change high dpi settings>high dpi scaling override>performed by: system same...damn....result That was a long ride to learn a little. |
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