Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Fixing Photoshop Miniscule Menu Problem on High DPI Display

Last year I got a brand new Microsoft Surface Book laptop. It's a thing of beauty and I love it.

However, the high resolution screen (3000x2000) caused some problems with my non-CC version of Photoshop. It installed, sure - but the menus and dialog boxes were so small I couldn't actually read them.

Of course, Adobe's recommendation is to upgrade to CC, which I refuse to do on account of already paying a LOT of money for the entire Master Collection a few years ago, which does everything I need it to do and way, way more.

Anyway, I found this solution via Dan Antonielli which works perfectly:
https://danantonielli.com/app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix-2019/

Thanks Dan! I can see again!

Edit 2026: In case these instructions ever disappear (and because I am currently reinstalling this on a new laptop and got nervous about finding the instructions again!):

How it’s done:
  1. Right-click the shortcut icon of applications you want to adjust
  2. Select ‘Properties’ (If the icon is in the taskbar, you will have to right-click the second app icon)
  3. Select the ‘Compatibility‘ tab 
  4. Select ‘Change high DPI settings‘ at the bottom of the tab
  5. Check ‘Override high DPI scaling behavior‘ at the bottom
  6. Select ‘System (Enhanced)‘ from the drop down
  7. Select ‘OK‘ and then ‘OK‘ again to apply
  8. Launch the application to see the difference 
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