Windows 10 – DPI Scaling Causing Blurred Fonts

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Apply these keys in a startup script or in post set for imaging to fix blurry fonts.

REG ADD “HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop” /v DpiScalingVer /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00001018 /f

REG ADD “HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop” /v Win8DpiScaling /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001 /f

REG ADD “HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop” /v LogPixels /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000078 /f

 

Notes

DPI—>Scale Factor

96—>100
120—>125
144—>150
192—>200

Every 25% of the scale factor corresponds to a difference of 24 dpi (120-96). So, in theory, if you set in registry key 72, you should have in Scale Factor 75%.

See http://windows10_dpi_blurry_fix.xpexplorer.com/

 

Blurred Desktop Icons

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
taskkill /IM rundll32.exe /F
taskkill /IM snagit32.exe /F
del /A /Q “%iconcache%”
del /A /F /Q “%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*”
start “” explorer.exe

 

Do the walk-through with the ClearText tuner (run cttune.exe).
Update the video card driver.

 

Other

REG ADD “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers” /V “C:\Program Files(x86)\folder\app.exe” /T REG_SZ /D “~ DPIUNAWARE” /F

“~ HIGHDPIAWARE” = Override high DPI scaling behavior (Application)

“~ DPIUNAWARE” = Override high DPI scaling behavior (System)

“~ GDIDPISCALING DPIUNAWARE” = Override high DPI scaling behavior (System Enhanced)

Reference

https://deploymentbunny.com/2018/01/19/nice-to-know-fix-high-dpi-resolution-issues-in-windows-10/