Scale < 100% on Windows 10
I would like to set my monitor's scale under 100%, but Win10 only lets me set it to 100% or higher. Why won't Windows let me do that? Is there any workaround to do that? I am aware of the fact that scaling below 100% will result in merged pixels.
You must use a registry hack to get scaling values below 100%:
Open the Registry, navigate to HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop
, and double-click on LogPixels
to edit. If there is no LogPixels
, create a new DWORD value and name it LogPixels
.
Make sure the Base is set to Decimal.
The default value is 96, as in 96 dots-per-inch, which is "100% scaling". Values lower than that will be sub-100% scaling values.
Next, in that same Key, find Win8DpiScaling
. It it doesn't exist, make another DWORD value and name it Win8DpiScaling
. Then edit it as follows:
If the value of LogPixels
is 96, then Win8DpiScaling
should be 0. If the value of LogPixels
is anything besides 96, the Win8DpiScaling
value should be 1.
More information: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5990-change-dpi-scaling-level-displays-windows-10-a.html