5 (FIVE!!) years ago I posted an article titled “Adobe App Scaling on High DPI Displays (FIX)” that would help Windows users scale their older or non DPI aware application to be usable on their new high pixel density displays. This was needed since Windows (or Adobe) did not have a solution at the time and application elements would be too small for proper use.
Fast forward to April 2018 and Microsoft releases an update to Windows that offers built in High DPI settings. To this day get emails regarding the old solution despite updating it last year with this new solution. My hopes with this article is to encourage users to follow these steps and not the old ones.
How it’s done:
- Right-click the shortcut icon of applications you want to adjust
- Select ‘Properties’ (If the icon is in the taskbar, you will have to right-click the second app icon)
- Select the ‘Compatibility‘ tab
- Select ‘Change high DPI settings‘ at the bottom of the tab
- Check ‘Override high DPI scaling behavior‘ at the bottom
- Select ‘System (Enhanced)‘ from the drop down
- Select ‘OK‘ and then ‘OK‘ again to apply
- Launch the application to see the difference
Step 1 & Step 2:
- Right-click the shortcut icon of applications you want to adjust
- Select ‘Properties’ (If the icon is in the taskbar, you will have to right-click the second app icon)
Step 3 & Step 4:
- Select the ‘Compatibility‘ tab
- Select ‘Change high DPI settings‘ at the bottom of the tab
Step 5 & Step 6:
- Check ‘Override high DPI scaling behavior‘ at the bottom
- Select ‘System (Enhanced)‘ from the drop down
That’s it!
Once you ‘OK‘ out of both menus, re-launch the application and you should see the changes. If the application still doesn’t look right you can try some of the other options from the drop down:
- Application | This will use the monitors DPI settings.
- System | This will do will magnify everything. You may get blurriness.
Very simple. Thank you!
It works as far as Photoshop CS6’s User Interface is concerned on my 4K BenQ monitor.
But, the images that I open in Photoshop are soft.
I presume this is simply because of the age of CS6?
Thanks.
D.
very true. easy on surface pro. thanks for the fix.
dont works
Thank you so much!! Elder Scrolls ready to go
Dan,
Windows 10 updated on my computer last night, Version 1903: Build 18362.239 and THEY NO LONGER OFFER THE PROPERTIES CHOICE WITH THE RIGHT CLICK. The fix is Gone. I had done it on all of my CS6 suite programs and they were displaying properties. Not sure how to get Microsoft to add that properties back in, or if there is somewhere in the settings which might do what your instructions have done. It looks like I might be the first person to check your website with this reversion to the old problem. Any suggestions would help. Thanks.
Murray
Murry, This is simply not true. The screenshots above are from the build you mentioned.
If you are right clicking a CS6 icon the ‘Properties’ option is there. If the icon is in your taskbar, you will have to right click the icon and then right click the ‘inner’ icon again.
Hello Dan..
I also have a couple of questions
. (1) Does everything else on the screen saver background get compromised..like stretched?
..(2)..i understand you retain the computers native 4k resolution…only..is it doing that at a cost? In other words… Is it stretching the videos 4k resolution..but to the naked eye you won’t notice..because again the video was still captured in 4k? So.. In other words..are you still making use of the full 4k video resolution?
..(3)..so..would I be able to do electronic zooms in premire without any cost of comprimise like pixelization?
For Windows 11, I used the fix, but had to right-click the executable (in my case, photoshop.exe) and NOT SELECT PROPERTIES, but instead click on MORE SETTINGS>Properties>Compatiblity tab and then choose the high definition options you mention. Thanks for helping me fix it!
Dan,
Thanks very much. When Microsoft did the last windows update two nights ago, the settings had been changed to the default and when I tried the right mouse click I didn’t see properties at the bottom of the menu. Your suggestion to click again on the icon in the right click menu did bring up properties. THANK YOU! Everything is displaying properly now. I had to change the settings in Premier as well.
When I followed your steps, Photoshop opened looking “normal”. But when I opened an image, it was small and in the top corner instead of where it should have been. I closed that file and opened one that I had worked on prior to the windows update which reset my dpi settings (again) and the same thing happened. Any suggestions? In the meantime, I guess I’ll use the old fix. Thanks.
I’m having the same problem
i had the same issue. I simply chose “system” instead of “system(enhanced)”, and the files opened correctly.
it works after changing it to “system” instead of system enhanced…. gr8 work and thanx
This fix is not a full fix, unlike Dan’s excellent, original manifest technique. On my machine (Intel, NVidia, several versions of Win 10 including 1903) Microsoft’s high DPI override mode makes some Photoshop CS6 menu labels disappear. For example, the item labels under layer Blending Options are missing. True for all Win 10 versions I’ve tried.
SO I still use the original registry edit, SideBySide method. Works great in Photoshop except for brush scaling.
This MS solution via Properties… seems to work, but as soon as you begin to work on a file in Photoshop the display of the picture isn’t at the right rate and displays on the menus. Difficult to explain.
I came back to the excellent solution of bypassing de scaling via the registry edition.
Thanks again.
A bit late, but found a sollution for this problem(picture covering the menu)
SOLLUTION:
At Step .6 Select ‘System‘ from the drop down (instead of ‘System (Enhanced)‘
Worked for me in 2020 !
Photoshop CS5
(64bit and 32bit: setting was only possible with the 64bit shortcut, but worked for both 1?)
Windows 10
version 1909
build 18363.815
Yerroon
Hey, i tried the same, but the resolution kinda decreased!!!
Hi… Do any of these solutions work with Windows 7? I’m using a 3440×1440 Ultra Wide monitor. I tried the registry edit but no change took place at all. Then I found this updated method, but my file properties box doesn’t contain the same adjustments as you are displaying. The only DPI reference I see is “Disable display scaling on high DPI settings”. I tried it both enabled, and disabled, but still no change to the font size in Photoshop 7.0. Any advice on this?
Thank you so much! Wreaking my brain for 3 hours trying different solutions. This was quick and easy
Thank you!!!
Creating a manifest file didn’t work for me. What does work is to right click and run as administrator. Hope this helps someone.
No option seems to work for Dreamweaver CS4. Using your old solution requiring a manifest file still left me with the micro GUI on Windows 7 x64, while on Window 10 x64 the system was asking me later on for more and more DLL files- and in the end leaving me with Dreamweaver not working at all. But Photoshop CC 2014 worked on both of these systems with that manifest method. And also the new DPI way on Windows 10 does not work for Dreamweaver while for Photoshop it does
Thanks a lot, I had the same problem in my littel 10′ and that fix it too ! Thanks a lot !
I recently made the change to the manifest file for my Lightroom 3.6. It does work. Should I reverse it and make this new change instead? Will it look any better? When I look at the photo in the display, it seems that the resolution is not as good as it was when the text was tiny.
This was a great fix for Fireworks CS6…Wish Adobe had a newer program for animated GIF’s. Photoshop does a poor job at best…
Awesome! Works grate!! Thanks a lot!
Awesome and fast! I tried the previous way adding a .txt file and i got errors this worked perfectly!
is anyone else experiencing any issues with the Brush size not matching after you do the manifersr
Thank you so much for the older fix. You really helped me and I appreciate it so, so much.
Oops…meant to say thanks for this and the older fix. =)
You are an absolute legend!! Thank you thank you :D
Another voice saying THANK YOU! Your knowledge and generosity solved this infuriating problem.
Ditto Thank you so much
My friend, you are an angel, a life saver, thank you!
Yep, I agree. Updated methodology works well. Many thanks.
Thanks a lot Dan, this is the perfect solution when nobody culd help me, thanks again!
It is easy and useful. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the fix. Nice and easy.
Thank you very much for sharing!
Hi Dan,
I tried all the 3 but it did not work. can you please help me with this.
Adobe MC 5.5 here.
Scaling has changed for the app, but as others have stated the image is floating left outside of the tab and unable to change image canvas size so zoom is jambed in a fairly small viewport.
Impossible to view image full screen.
have tried registry and properties fixes (old and new)
I have noticed that the menifest files you link declare amd processor.
Im pretty sure im running intel in a surface pro 2
any comments about ediitng the manifest properties?
Sure does suck that adobe does not resolve this matter.
Hi, I hade the same problem with floating left outside of the tab – I only change ”Override high DPI scaling behavior’‘ at the bottom
and I select ONLY – ‘System (without ”Enhanced” option). And it work for me.
On another note, any suggestions on changes between version (32 v 64)
After adding manifest in 32 bit, app failed
BTW, speaking of photoshop, have not tried yet in the other components
Last post, for anyone who used the properties dpi settings (the “new” fix) you need to restore the properties to change high DPI settings back to untoggled.
Then implement manifest.
Again this is for older version (Adobe MC CS5.5)
Photoshop image pane will behave correctly (for me, hopefully for the rest of you too) centered, docked, with reasonable canvas that can be maxed to pane, and it appears all menus and cursor will behave properly.
Thank you sir, and maybe you want to note that and reciprocal links between the 2 methods accordingly
Windows 10 v.1903 Photoshop CS6 Extended. I can’t get the old method to work anymore and the new method makes no difference. Tried checking/unchecking all boxes.
Thank you!
Thank you very much for your help. It was taking me hours to find a solution until I discovered a recommendation to your post from Reddit (u/CapaneusPrime, r/rstats).
I was told that this method solved the interface problem, but not the cursor size, which is too small. Is there a way to enlarge it without affecting the interface?
I have the same problem with the cursor becoming very small after changing the High DPI scaling to “system”.
Has anyone find a solution to this yet?
Dan,
thank you very much for both provided solution (registry + manifest) and the new dpi-settings in compatibility mode. I’ve played around with the settings on my LG Ultra HD monitor and Premiere Pro CS5.5 on my new Windows 10 pro (Vers. 1903 Build 18362.356 ) with Nvidia GeForce GTX 750. My system setting for upscaling Windows fonts is now at 175% visibility.
With PP CS5.5 I used the dpi setting of compatibility mode with checkmark on
Program dpi
(x) use this setting to fix scaling problems…
(x) when I open this program
High dpi scaling override
(x) override high dpi scaling…
(x) system (not enhanced)
When I used the suggested settings from the above screenshots some window titles are only shown partly and the cursor gets corrupted. With my last settings all is fine now: All window title bars, cursors, menus and dialogboxes looking good now. No issues anymore.
Thank you very much
I’ve run into a cursor problem Your fix is doing great with the general screen but the cursor is a different process not controlled by Adobe so I’ve read.
The cursor shows half the size of the actual area it covers even at 100% Hardness and no feathering.
Is there any way to fix the cursor size without affecting other programs?
Thanks a lot! It works great for me with Lightroom for windows 10, in a 4k display. Thanks again!
Hi
This is a great fix and one we have been looking for a very long time. It worked great until we double clicked a file and it opened the application like Photoshop back as a tiny editing interface. We checked the setting but this had not changed and if we opened from the application icon, it opened fine. Not sure the fix has covered or fixed this one?
Thanks
Change “system enhance” to just “system” and you should be good to go.
Thank you so much for the simply best solution,
However any solution for blurring as well? :)
thank you so much
Hallelujah! I had bought the strongest reading glasses I could find and still couldn’t see the interface. THANK YOU!
Thank you!! I stumbled here after I had just finished applying your earlier solution! This works!!
So-o-o-oo-o THANKFUL!
Perfect. Thank you so much.
It worked for me, but in Dreamweaver when I open html files they are not sharp but blurry, hard to read, unfortunately, can’t use. Any other suggestion? Or any suggestion how to fix it so that it is sharp, not blurry?
Thank you VERY much for this.
Hey! Thanks for sharingthis information, interface scaled to normal visible size, but unfortunately pictures I’m working on has scaled (pixelated) as well.. Maybe you know the reason or/and solution to this? Million thanks!
“System Enhanced” is the reason. Put it on just “System” and the images will return to their full size.
This doesn’t work on my Dell with Win10. What it ends up doing is resizing the image to a thumbnail within the parameters of the full size canvas. It also does nothing to change the tiny tools to a usable size. So far I have found nothing to restore those.
This only sort of solves the problem. It is true that the icons and menus are now correctly sized but they are all blurry from the up-scaling. Importantly, this blurriness also includes the images you are working on. Even vector objects become visibly pixelated.
I have compared this fix directly in both Illustrator CS6 and Illustrator 2020 CC. Adobe has fixed the scaling problem in the 2020 version (no pixelation or icon sizing issues). Unfortunately, that is of little help to people who want to continue with their standalone programs without the ongoing subscription that the 2020 CC programs require.
matt, im having the same problem on my surface pro 4 with photoshop… did yountry “dans old fix”? and if so, did that solve it? or am i gonna have to get the 2020 photoshop? im so overwhelmed as i just recently switched to this surface from an hp laptop, where my photoshop worked just fine, and my livelihood depends on using photoshop… i have an event poster due in literally a few days and right now ive been flip flopping between tiny photoshop (=frustration, eye strain, overwhelm), and pixelated photoshop (=danger of inaccuracy, having to redraw sloppy lines) and im not sure which is worse!
matt, im having the same problem on my surface pro 4 with photoshop… did yountry “dans old fix”? and if so, did that solve it? or am i gonna have to get the 2020 photoshop? im so overwhelmed as i just recently switched to this surface from an hp laptop, where my photoshop worked just fine, and my livelihood depends on using photoshop… i have an event poster due in literally a few days and right now ive been flip flopping between tiny photoshop (=frustration, eye strain, overwhelm), and pixelated photoshop (=danger of inaccuracy, having to redraw sloppy lines) and im not sure which is worse! 😫
AWESOME! Surface Pro 7 now back in business.
I have tried this fix and it seems to work. However, I stumbled upon another easier fix that always works on my Dell laptop with 4K display. Prior to launching Lightroom 3.6, I change the resolution on the laptop monitor to 1920 X 1080 using the intel graphics utility. Then I launch Lighroom. And then I change it back to the original resolution. Lightroom menus are then correctly scaled.
I generally move Lightroom to my 2nd monitor which is a 23″ 1920 X 1080.
Works every time.
I LITERALLY had my Surface Pro repacked and was about to drive to Best Buy to exchange it for a laptop when I did a search for Opentoonz screen problems…
You have done me a tremendous service…
Thanks!
Thanks for the solution. However, there are couple of problems:
1. Pictures are too soft.
2. If you see small tab on top left side, select just system instead enhanced option.
3. Brush doesn’t work with scaling.
So far, I guess complete solution is just change the screen resolution to 1920X1080.
Please let me know if anyone found the solution to reported problems. Thanks.
WOW, IT WORKED, Recently updated my 10 year old Gateway and used a perporenatly old Elements 6. Went to eye squinting text menus to what I had in Win 7. Also helped to change my compatibility mode to win 8. Didn’t know these options existed. THANK YOU.
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks a mil!!! So helpful…
Fantastic, clear, easy, worked like a charm. Kudos Dan! …( So glad I followed my new practice (just google all technical questions, never try to figure anything out from the vendor or the application itself :-)
This didn’t work for me on the new surface pro 7…..
I tried your manifest solution, It worked but photoshop crashes immediately after launch….any help would be appreciated. I have been going crazy!,,
Thank you so much!!! <3
Thank you!!
EXCELLENT
guess how many ‘support’ handoffs I had chatting with Adobe duds ?
and then getting dropped for the weekend?
HAHA
Great solution, thanks!
Hey any of your fix is not working with photoshop 2020. Adobe says it uses a system scaling so you have to change system setting but after scaling it that way windows is not usable anymore.
Can you give a way to scale photoshop independently of system setting.
Thank you sooo much
Very helpful
You made my life just easier…
My CS5 worked better with “System” instead of “System (Enhanced)” as my toolbar was messed up with a long blank rectangle when set to the latter. I know it’s not a ‘catch all’ fix and needed a minor adjustment for different programs, but the tutorial was much appreciated and I donated a couple of bucks for your morning coffee. Thanks again Dan for helping otherwise lost souls over the web! :-)
My CS5 worked better with “System” instead of “System (Enhanced)” as my toolbar was messed up with a long blank rectangle when set to the latter. I know it’s not a ‘catch all’ fix and needed a minor adjustment for different programs, but the tutorial was much appreciated and I donated a couple of bucks for your morning coffee. Thanks again Dan for helping otherwise lost souls over the web! :-)
Edit: the brushes don’t match their measurements, seems to be 50% past the boundary. No big deal though. I’ll look into it one day.
I love you so much! THANKS!
Thank You!!! I have been squinting my eyes for 4 months, until I got so frustrated and started searching for a solution.
Thank you so much. It works on my QuickBooks. Very grateful.
I also have teeny tiny icons, and cannot figure out how to enlarge them. I have a MacBook Air, OS Catalina, and Photoshop 21.1.0. Under Preferences > Interface, the UI Scaling defaults to Auto and I cannot currently adjust it – it’s locked on Auto. I have UI Font Size on Large but that does not help. I have restarted Photoshop several times but the settings do not seem to adjust. I’m using a large Dell curved high-res external screen. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you!
Thanks a lot Dan !
Works absolutely fine !!
Thank you so much!
Amazing and easypeasy! Thanks
Dan, thanks for the simple fix. It took me 15 seconds to fix it and 4 hours to find the solution…. you.
Thanks again for the post.
Hello everybody. I’m currently using Photoshop CC 2015 on my 13.5 ” laptop and even if this version is compatible with high DPI displays, I’m still having some annoying problems. Everything is perfect except the filters panels. Camera RAW is microscopic too. I’m desperate because I can’t see anything, texts and buttons are so small I risk blindness … I hope someone helps me. Thanks.
https://imgur.com/Bt3YIXW
Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)
Just finished watching a YouTube video and was about to do the regdedit method, but thankfully, the channel left this link on the description and boy was I l glad came across this new easy method to scale my Adobe programs.
Thank You Danantonielli!!!!
Hi Dan, I’ve been using your solution since 2015… five years ago!! Thought I’d leave a comment that your old solution has helped me time and time again after every Windows update when it overrides the old settings. Now with this new solution, it will hopefully be permanent. Thank you so much for putting the solution online, you are a lifesaver! Cheers :)
Thank you so much ! You made my day special :)
Alleluia ! thank you very much ! very simple and efficient, you’re the best !
Well done Dan , found your web this was really cool ,, Thank you
omg i could kiss you……thank you so much for sharing, I love cs6 but it has been painful since win10
Thank you!!!
Sadly, this doesn’t work with CC 2020, no matter what I’ve tried, it uses OS scaling, so in my case, it looks too big (125%) instead of 100%. The only “fix” is changing your pc’s system scale and that’s just not the solution, since it messes the rest of your system’s appearance.
• Check ‘Override high DPI scaling behavior‘ at the bottom..THIS IS GRAYED out, not an option to check this box…???????
click on “change settings for all users” and you should be good to go!
Thank you for creating this webpage for this extremely frustrating problem! You’re the best!
Thank you X 1 million !
Thank you so much, Dan!! I donated :))
I had this frustrating problem only with Id CC.
I’m working with a HP ZBook x360 with 4K monitor, my second screen is an older Asus 24.1 Zoll HD. So now it’s fixed.
But something is still weird, if I drag InDesign onto my second (non 4K) screen, the frame is huge.
if I move it around a bit, it changes after a while and looks normal again.
Thank you very much. I just bought a 4k laptop and installed CS6 that I bought in 2009. It was unusable without your fix. I’m barely an amateur photographer anymore so CS6 is much more than I need but I’m used to it and it’s paid for.
Thank you for this fix and your previous one, too.
OMG — thank you so much!
YAS!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!
Un grand merci ! Très facile à faire et cela marche très bien. Bravo
God bless you, thank you! I just got a Dell XPS 15 and was wondering why my Photoshop looked the way it look. I was fretting that I would have to buy a new license adding to the my overall cost of inveting in a new laptop. But this was great! THANK YOU!!!
On PS CC v19 Win 10 1903
This fix works with main interface and plugins, but “Startup Workspace” still is unaffected, as in it is unscaled, leaving it too small to work with. Worse yet, it does not line up with screen space, so you cannot select items because they do not align with display.
Does this “startup workspace” exist as a separate property-customizable exe somewhere?b
Actually, using “system” instead of “system(enhanced)” fixed above problem
Fixed. Thank you so mych.
Unfortunately this does not work on INdesign 2020. Have you been able to solve the issue for ID?
Hi Dan,
Thank you so much, it worked for me following your steps but I did changed it from System Enhanced to System.
I have a question, this works on app, but how can I enlarge the thumbnails on folder? Thumbnails of images inside folder are very small even choosing extra large icons on the viewing options. When right clicking on the folder, there is no compatibility tab.
YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!!! Thanks so much for this fix! Just got a new Surface Book 2 with high resolution screen and was frustrated trying to figure out how to fix this problem! Had same problem with my Surface Pro but it’s screen has notably lower resolution and wasn’t as much of an issue!
thank you:) you are a lifesaver.
How simple is that! I’ve been trawling sites for days and found garbage. I’m particularly angry that Adobe don’t provide instructions. Many thanks
Thanks for posting your settings!
Just switched computers, and it’s more than worth the $1 donation to get a recipe, rather than mucking with choices.
I hope everyone else follows suit.
Repeating what so many have said already – Thank you for the excellent solution!
Thanks you Dan ,
I used it for Autocad2016 that also did not display in 4K screen,
and with your Reg file and sample .manifest all come to life.
Thanks so much
Thank you Dan.
A real life saver.
Happy to make a donation.
Best,
Jan
Thank you Dan – your trick of 5 years ago worked then and this one does now. You are a lifesaver!
thanks king
worked great for eTrade Pro, Thanks a lot, saved me a lot of headache and eyestrain
Dan, thank you so much. I fixed my Adobe photoshop CS4 Extended program with your simple instructions!!
Fantastic, thank you Dan for your great help, I was struggling with this.
technique works, but program cursor doesn’t scale correctly, cursor stay very small,
in photoshop and illustrator Adobe CC 2018.
Any know fix for this issue?
This works great for CS6. Thanks for the help. I had been all over Adobe looking for help. Well worth the $5 donation I sent you. I hope the others who benefit from this solution will also donate.
Thank You!
Fantastic, thanks so much.
Thank you!!!! Worked on CS4, Windows 10 on Surface Pro 7
Merci! Çà fonctionne aussi pour Logo!Soft Comfort de Siemens
Thank you, most kindly! This was driving me nuts.
I tried both ways using manifest and this right click method..both give me the same error:
the code execution cannot proceed because mfc90u.dll was not found
I tried both ways using manifest and this right click method..both give me the same error:
the code execution cannot proceed because mfc90u.dll was not found
Thanks, however, my images are now 150% larger in PS than in a file viewer or in a browser and PS say’s they are 100%. My Windows is enlarged by 150%. Any thoughts? Perhaps a Windows update ruined this.
Works like a charm – many thanks
Windows 11 (beta) fixed the Ui for Illustrator and for Photoshop, you still get the small cursor for Photoshop but everything works for illustrator : CC 2018
I used this fix on HP LaserJet Scan. It worked! I can see again!!! Blessings on you! Thank you for sharing.
With an 8k screen, this works on Bridge 2-21 cc (sort of) but not on Pshop. In Bridge, your cursor is reduced to a single pixel, making it unusable at that resolution. In Pshop, the menus are corrupted, in the sense that File or Edit options come up wherever you click. Anything that uses a path – selection etc – goes haywire. Camera RAW is stuffed utterly.
This with a Dell 8k screen and an nvidia quadro rtx4000. Windows is set to magnify by 400% and text by 180%, otherwise other apps are unusable.
Hi, I tried both the previous manifest fix, and this one, and the interface is ok, but when I open an image file (dng or jpg, since the camera I’m using now isn’t in my Adobe RAW 6.7 version), after the RAW window is closed, the image appears as a small box of the same size no matter what the scaling, stuck in the upper left corner covering the PS menu, and does not appear at the correct size. If I try to move it, the menu comes up. If I change WIndow>Arrange and Float All, the frame fits within the view, but the image is still stuck in the corner. If I grab the frame as if to move it, then the image appears at the right size until I let go.
Is there a way to fix that? As is, it’s still unusable.
Thank you! Works!
Thanks for very useful post!
I had to change the settings for Mobile Partner USB modem software but the selecting in step 6 ‘System (Enhanced)’ setting didn’t work, the window appeared bigger but it disappeared as soon as the mouse was hovering over it. So I have instead selected ‘System’ and it works very well.
THANK YOU!!!! Worked on my Faststone. So frustrating!!!
This is Oct 2021, and I have a Surface Pro with Windows 10.
You mentioned that people still ask you about your old article. I think it’s because that article always comes up first in the search. That’s what I saw first too (I went to https://josephlo.wordpress.com/tag/font-too-small/).
I only came to this website cos I took the time to read through and scroll down to the bottom of your post, and by that time, I had already created the regedit manifest.
This website link in your previous site is simply a small link after the big distracting Youtube video. Anyone will be distracted by the Youtube video (big picture) and will not look at the link below.
I would suggest you put this announcement to this website in a much much BIGGER font at the VERY TOP of your previous website to tell people to come here instead.
I thank you very much for your effort in making a new updated post (so much easier to do!!) I don’t have a shortcut of Faststone on my screen, I was a bit lost on what to do there for a bit, but I played around and realized the same screen will pop up if I go to my Faststone folder and right click on the faststone file.
Thank you! You’re awesome <3
I am having issues with Adobe Acrobat’s menus being very small. I tried this fix and it worked, however, the font is very fuzzy in the text and that makes it difficult to read, so I went back to the default.
The option in Windows settings to let Windows try to fix blurry type is checked on, but it’s obviously not working with Acrobat. Any suggestions?
Still working on CS6, easy fix. Well documented!
I had the old solution installed for an X1 and Yoga, and now have a Samsung.
All is good except for camera raw which overwhelms the screen and doesn’t allow access to the bottom buttons (cancel, done). That’s set on 150%. So I have to se it at 125% to make those buttons visible. It is the only app I have that does this…very frustrating for a big outfit like Adobe to have not solved this problem….
Funny, I don’t have this issue on any CC app, but Bridge. I did this with Bridge and viola, fixed! Also, people should play with the scaling in windows under “display” for main/extended displays.
Thank you for the updated fix!
Just great! Works also on Windows 11 immediately, while the regedit/manifest tip didn’t work.
Thank you so much!!!
This also works within Photoshop, without having to mess with the Windows settings. For CC 2014 go to -> Edit > Preferences > Experimental Features > Scale UI 200% for high density displays (Windows only) > enable and restart Photoshop.
However, the method trough Windows works perfectly for applications that don’t have a UI scale setting implementet, like older 3ds max. So thanks, it fixed my issue there that I have been having with it for quite some time.
Happy to donate $5 . . . you are a life saver!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Saved my ass, I love you m8
Works in Win11, EXCEPT if I run PSE11 from the menu:
highlight a .jpg file -> right-click -> Open with -> Adobe Photoshop Elements 11
If I just run the app it works but if I do the above, it doesn’t.
Any way to get that to work also?
No, the newer DPI method did not work on my Adobe PhotoShop CS2 V9 64-bit on Windows 11. I changed the setting to System (enhanced) and then System, and had to go back to Application. In all cases, the size of the characters are still very small. :-(
Hey Dan
I hop this message finds you well.
Thank you so much for all those solutions, I’ve been using the manifest for years now with my surface book.
The new solution works just as great BUT I have a new probleme and YOU’RE MY ONLY HOPE!!! XD
I’ve just tried to plug a Huion Kanvas 22 (1920 X 120)
and it’s creating conflict. My workspace in photoshop is totally messed up because of the High res DPI corrections.
I tried without the manifest, I’m losing the ratio but the workspace works fine…
Please help me find a fix
Thank you!! It worked perfectly
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thank you! I’m frustrated this is still a problem in 2023. I’m using a brand-new Dell XPS laptop with a 4K native resolution, and the desktop extended onto three 1920x1080p monitors. I do not understand why Adobe still hasn’t fixed this KNOWN issue, many years after it first became a problem!
Thanks a lot brother.
Thank you so much for this much-needed fix!!
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Dan, I don’t know if you’re still replying to comments on this, but I hope I can get your attention. I used your fix here to get my ancient copy of Photoshop CS5 to display properly on the 4K display I’m using (which I’m scaling up by 250% in the desktop option, otherwise all my icons and text are too small) and it’s worked great from the point of view I can see the PS UI properly again. One issue I’ve noticed though is that when I use the pencil and eraser tools, the actual diameter of what’s been draw or erased is way larger than the actual visual representation of the the on screen cursor – like there’s an actual extra couple of centimetres of diameter to it that isn’t being shown on screen (if that makes sense)
OK, thought of a slightly better way of phrasing this:
I’ve set the size of the pencil tool to 200 pixels, but if I do a single click on the left mouse button, the resulting circle it leaves looks more like it’s 400 pixels. If I right click and change the pencil diameter size, this oversized circle effect scales up proportionally. any clue on a fix? thanks in advance BTW!
Thank you, very much appreciate your taking the trouble to post the solution.