Scaling performed by' and set it to System.ĤK displays improve productivity for the most part but if you run them on Windows, chance is quite high that you will run into display issues with certain programs (unless you only run UWP apps and native apps).

Check the High DPI Scaling Override option 'Override High DPI scaling behavior.

Set 'Use this setting to fix scaling problems for this program instead of the one in Settings' to 'when I open this program'.

There you switch to the compatibility tab and activate the 'change high DPI settings' button there to open the DPI options. You simply right-click on the program executable and select properties from the context menu. One recourse for the latter problem may be to disable display scaling on high DPI settings. Programs like DPI Fix were created to address the issue. Microsoft has a support page up on its website that highlights Windows scaling issues. If you run Windows 10 on multiple displays, like I have to test this, you may notice blurry text, elements that look out of size, or elements that look fuzzy. Popular applications like PeaZip were updated only recently while others, like the new Malwarebytes 4.0, still may have high DPI issues.īut tiny text and interface elements is just part of the problem. Even programs that are still in active development may not support high DPI perfectly.

4k on a 1080p monitor