Visual Studio Display Problem

Question

I have a 3840x2160 resolution monitor and am using Visual Studio 2019. The displays were fine. I was experimenting with connecting an external display. I have disconnected the display, and my form display is all messed up. My text setting for the display is set at 250% and now I keep getting the "scaling on my main display is set to 250%" message. I reset it to 100% and the display is no longer what it used to be. I can continue working, but would like to go back to what it used to be. I have looked around to find what I could adjust with no avail. Please help.

I upgraded to Visual Studio 2022 - no improvement there either. The same problem persists.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Indra Purkay ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I reset it to 100% and the display is no longer what it used to be.

How did you reset it to 100%? Did you select Tools > Command Line > Developer Command Prompt and enter devenv /noScale to restart VS with 100% scaling? Also please try to restart VS.

You can also try to reset VS settings.

Besides, this doc: Disable DPI-awareness to fix HDPI/scaling issues with Windows Forms Designer in Visual Studio may be helpful.

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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