How to change DPI for one program (windows 10)

[zed]

Pulling my hair out on this, theres bugger all info on the internet about it.
Theres info but its very badly explained

I run windows at 150% which suits most things
Unreal engine is an exception, its toylike design just screams make me smaller, Im constantly moving windows around cause 4k aint enuf (Epic must run the thing on 8k monitors I assume) how can I run this program (and only this program at 125%)

cheers zed

 

[Davros]

use powershell
https://www.mikaelgranberg.se/node/39

 

[zed]

Thanks, all well and good, but I assume that scales everything to 125%. So if I'm flicking between 2 apps, one at 150% and one at 125% then it wont work
Surely MS a trillion dollar company has solved this issue

 

[Davros]

You want the moon on a stick

 

[DmitryKo]

DPI scaling factor is a per-display setting in Windows 10. There is no way to set DPI scaling for each individual window - rather legacy applications (Win32 User/GDI) have to be programmed to query DPI settings and scale their controls and fonts accordingly.

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsde...ktop-applications-windows-10-creators-update/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...pi-desktop-application-development-on-windows
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5990-change-dpi-scaling-level-displays-windows-10-a.html

 

[AlNom]

Sounds like he'll need a dedicated monitor for each app.

 

[orangpelupa]

IIRC there used to be a different setting that allows old apps (like photoshop and unreal) to run at different scaling than windows and new apps (UWP and new win32 apps). I can no longer find the option tho. Maybe it was removed?

 

[DmitryKo]

IIRC there used to be a different setting that allows old apps (like photoshop and unreal) to run at different scaling than windows

You cannot override the scaling factor defined in per-monitor (or global) system settings. You can only change the upscaling mode with Override high DPI scaling behavior setting on each apllication's Compatibility tab (since version 1703).

Sounds like he'll need a dedicated monitor for each app.

Or rather one monitor which can accomodate all applications. Those big-screen 4K UHD monitors look great for GUI scaling, and a few of them support HDR10.