How To Change Display DPI Scaling In Windows 10
0This tutorial will show you how to change the DPI scaling level your screen so that everything will either appear smaller or larger on the display. Works on Windows 10.
Alternate solutions to those shown in the video:
CHANGE DPI SCALING LEVEL FOR DISPLAYS REGISTRY SETTING
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R key combination, type in regedit and press Enter.
If prompted by UAC, press Yesto continue.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
In right-side pane, look for a Win8DpiScalingand set the value to 1 and close Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.
CHANGE DPI SCALING LEVEL FOR DISPLAYS IN SETTINGS APP
Open Registry Editor and make the changes as described above.
Open Settings and click on the System
Alternatively, right click on an empty area on your desktop and select Display.
In System, settings screen click on Display option from left side.
Under Change the size of text, apps, and other items: 100% (Recommended), move the slider left or right to the DPI percentage you want to set for that display.
CHANGE DPI SCALING LEVEL FOR DISPLAYS IN CONTROL PANEL
Open Registry Editor and make the changes as described above in first step.
Open the Control Panel (icons view)and select Display.
Under Change size of items, click on the set a custom scaling level
Drag the ruler left or right to the scaling percentage you want.
Alternatively, select the scaling percentage you want in the drop down menu.
Click on Apply and then Sign out now.
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Dots per inch (DPI) is the physical measurement of the number of individual dots that can be placed in a line within the span of 1 inch. DPI setting controls the size of the text, apps and icons.
A lower DPI setting will make them appear smaller and a higher setting will make them appear bigger. By default Windows has setting of 96 DPI.
Change DPI Windows 10
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).