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Visual Studio 2013 and High DPI Displays

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25 Aug 2017 1  
Getting Visual Studio 2013 look sharp again when used in high DPI scaled monitors
This quick tip shows you how to get Visual Studio to become normal and sharp again in all monitors, even in the built in panel of the laptop.

Introduction

Having multiple displays with different DPI can force you to ask windows to scale them differently to be able to read.

In my case, I had a laptop with a built in display with a resolution of 1920x1080 which windows recommends to be scaled at 100%.

I've bought a couple of 24" displays with a resolution of 2560x1440 which windows recommends to be scaled at 125%.

To my surprise, when I started Visual Studio 2013, everything looked blurry in my new displays.

How to Avoid This Problem

  1. Just access your display settings (right click on your desktop).
  2. Change the main monitor to one of the high DPI monitors.
  3. Restart the computer.

In my case, after doing this, Visual Studio has become again normal and non blurry.

Curiously enough in my case, it looks sharp again in all my monitors, even in the built in panel of the laptop.  Probably because that one is not scaled at all...

Hope this small tip helps you.

History

  • 25th August, 2017: Initial version

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