Windows 10: Why did Windows 11 desktop SCALE / SCALING change sizes?

I always keep my main monitor at 175% display scaling. This gives me exactly 12 rows of icons.Yesterday I noticed that the same 175% display scaling now only has 11.5 rows of icons effectively 11. I have multiple desktop icons that have shrunken images, and other graphical glitches related to display scaling.I have used DDU to perform a clean uninstall and reinstall of graphic driver.What is going on? Is anyone else experiencing this?

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scale sizing

Hi Brennda,

Custom scaling is one of the settings that you can use to modify the resolution or size of the text, applications, and other items on your desktop. To learn more about your concern with scale sizing, we’d like to ask the questions below:

• How did you perform the custom scale on your computer?
• Are you having issues with the scale size of a specific file or an app?

It would also help us if you’ll send us a screenshot
of the exact concern that you’re having.

Please refer to the image below if this is the settings that you're pertaining with the recommended size:





We’ll wait for your response.

 

In Windows 11, font size of SOME elements doesn't scale

Windows 11 on a Surface Pro 9, updated religiously. I use scale 200% and font size 130 on 2880x1920 resolution. This works perfectly for my old eyes, except for a few exceptions.

Font doesn't scale and stays illegibly small on (among others):

• File Explorer
  
  • navigation pane folder icons and names (but okay in Ribbon)
    
  • content window (where file list/icons are displayed) file names
    
• Task Manager
  
  • lists (title bar and vertical menu are okay)
    
• Classic Control Panel
  
  • title bar
    
  • breadcrumb trail
    
  • View As dropdown
    
  • Small Icons view (names tiny, Large Icons is okay)
    
  • home screen (names of subcategories tiny)
    

Anyone any idea why this happens, and how I can make these Windows 11 elements conform to my text scale setting?

 

Change scale or change resolution?

Hello Matt,

If it's only the text you have trouble seeing, then you could test increasing the text size in Windows 11 below to see if it may help.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-text-size-in-windows-11.933/

If not, then you could try increasing the DPI scaling level below to make everything appear larger.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-display-dpi-scaling-level-in-windows-11.934/