XYplorer does not scale properly on secondary monitor

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kutkin
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XYplorer does not scale properly on secondary monitor

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Hi everyone.
I have an issue with the latest version (18.20).
I have one 4k monitor and a secondary one. On the 4k everything is fine, but when I put XYplorer on the secondary monitor, the graphic interface is huge.
Text is large, icons are enormous and not much will fit in there.
Other applications work just fine and they adapt their scale.

Not XYplorer sadly. That makes it hard for me to use - I have the secondary monitor exactly for the purpose of having xyplorer there.
Can we fix this? Is there a setting that I am missing?
Something like "disable scaling" might help..

Thanks a bunch,
Pavel

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Re: XYplorer does not scale properly on secondary monitor

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Don does not have a 4K monitor yet.
I'm lucky to have two 4K monitors and I have complained before that it is next to impossible
to see if a toolbar button is depressed or not and there are other problems.
I for one would like to be able to double the current size of icons and have a distinctive 'red' border
for any icon that is depressed.
Attached is a copy with two images. One is full length of the 4K screen.
Not sure if this can be shown here.
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Re: XYplorer does not scale properly on secondary monitor

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There are some related settings in the Compatibility tab of the Properties dialog of XYplorer.exe. Play with them...
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Re: XYplorer does not scale properly on secondary monitor

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How do we get to that screen?
Path and translation please.

"Compatibility tab" sounds familiar but that is about it. :-)

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Right click XYplorer.exe, "Properties", "Compatibility" tab?
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Found a fix for the toolbar size.
How about a fix for the line directly above the toolbar <File to Help line>.
That text size needs to be doubled also.
How?
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Should do (all of) this via Windows Display Settings: Increase the screen resolution from 100% to 150% or 200%. Then you don't have to do anything in XYplorer.

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Re: XYplorer does not scale properly on secondary monitor

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Win 10 uses increments of 25% now.
If XY is the only program with that problem then re-setting will create a total
mess including other application and the desktop icons ALL being re-scaled!
Am I missing a better idea?
p

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:? Use the Compatibility tab and the general problem is gone.

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