Windows 10: RegEdit value: Win8DpiScaling when activated changes my resolution to Custom Scaling

Hello, this is an issue I started acting today, I usually stretch my resolution to play an online game, so my native monitor res is 1920x1080, for the game I turn it to 1440x1080--today, like any other day, I finish playing and turn it to 1920x1080 to try and get to working and then I start to see that my text is blurrier, I noticed that the left side is still clean, like it should be, the left side as in the 25% of the left side, and from there on there's the unclean blur to texts, pics and whatnot--I tried custom scaling while searching tutorials to fix it, but it still didn't and I just tur

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Change screen scale and layout

I created it with a value of 96, and left Win8DpiScaling with 0 value. To lower the display scale to 75% should I change LogPixels to 77 and set Win8DpiScaling to 1? Thanks again.

 

Change DPI Scaling Level for Displays in Windows 10  


SUCCESS!: My issue was with a Surface Pro4 running Windows 10 attached to an external LG Ultrawide monitor using a Display cable, and wanting to have different but compatible dpi on each monitor. I would have to turn off custom scaling and restart every time I booted my system -- essentially, having to double-boot every morning.

The custom scaling was always 'active' after a reboot, and it drove me buggy that I couldn't get it to retain my settings: 200% for the Surface Pro screen and 100% for the Ultrawide screen.

Setting individual scaling for each monitor in the Display Settings resulted in the following reg values: (step 6 in option one)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\PerMonitorSettings\HWP28283CQ9380TKP_26_07D9_EC^A3486C14FBE55CC655B47BB46FC3FEA1\DpiVa lue=0x00000001 (1)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\PerMonitorSettings\SDC38530_00_07DF_FB^1C34A1C41AEEF3FF4889352510FEF621\DpiValue =0x00000000 (0)


The key to success was to change the following registry key (using Regedit) from '1' to '0' to disable the custom scaling and enable the per-monitor scaling:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Win8DpiScaling = 0x00000000 (0)


Now, my per-app settings are still occasionally screwy, as the apps do not properly scale their fonts in ways that are functionally adequate for Win10 and a Surface Pro4, but that's something that can be worked around on an individual basis.

 

Change the Resolution setting on the moniter

Hello, to change your screen resolution, please follow these steps:

1) Open Start, select Settings then select System and then select Display. Alternatively, you can right click the background on your desktop, and select Display Settings.

2) Under Scale and layout, check the setting under Change the size of text, apps, and other items. We suggest you use the percentage marked "(Recommended)."

3) If that doesn't solve your problem, under Resolution, select a new value. We suggest you stick with the resolution marked "(Recommended)."

Source:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402695...

Please let me know if this solves your problem, or you need additional steps.