Hello Everyone,



I apologize in advance if this thread has been posted in the wrong place and kindly ask the mods to please move it accordingly if found so. I am present on the forums for quite some time, however I normally just read the content. I have searched the forums, but did not find similar thread anywhere.



I am having issues with the DPI settings in Windows 10 and was wondering if one of you guys could help shed some light or offer tips to help solve my problem.



The problem is related to the DPI slider setting that allows us to make various elements of the Windows 10 UI bigger by setting the slider to 125% position. That sadly also has a consequence of stretching the runned apps to a point where they become pixelated and blurry.



In Windows 8.1 there was a setting called “Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays” which was completely satisfactory to me as it made so that non high DPI aware apps to ignore higher scaling and display in 100% scaling mode.



My goal I would like to achieve is having DPI of 125% (120 dpi), while also having all the apps run in 100% scaling (96 dpi).



I have searched the network for solutions and came across settings available via regedit HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop, mainly Win8DpiScaling.



According to the documentation here*, when set to 1 it should de facto enable the flag “Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays” not present anymore in Windows 10 and grant the same behavior I am seeking for apps to follow.



Sadly, it is not the case in Windows 10, even with it set to 1 and then custom DPI slider set to 125% the apps are still opening streached and blurry (in Windows 8.1 with this setting on, apps would open in 100% scaling and ignore the DPI setting, while other elements of the system UI were bigger).



The only alternative that I found to make this work, is to set the Compatibility flag on every single application I run, which was not needed in Windows 8.1 with the “Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays” set.



* unable to post links, here is the one in question: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn528846.aspx

** Guide that I tried but also did not work: tenforums.com/tutorials/5990-dpi-scaling-level-displays-change-windows-10-a.html



I have also played with other values described here*, but to no avail.



I was wondering if any of you experienced with the system could be so kind to offer me some tips, or maybe there is something I miss?



Thanks in advance!





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