How to switch between two DPI scale values via hotkey?

avada said:

Thanks again!
So I guess I'll need a script then, since I can't contrive it into a .lnk, which I did until now.

You can do it all within the shortcut. For example:

Powershell -Command C:\Programs\SetDPI\SetDPI 125; Stop-Process -Force -ProcessName Explorer

Obviously, change the path to where you put SetDPI. Note that when you paste this into a shortcut, Windows will automatically expand "PowerShell" to its full path.

Note: I put all my portable apps in C:\Programs. That way, if the app needs to write a settings file, it stays right there with the app. Also note the lack of a space in the path makes creating shortcuts even simpler (I will never forgive Microsoft for putting spaces in System folder names, such as "Program Files" - such a totally brain-dead decision).

LesFerch said:

You can do it all within the shortcut. For example:



Obviously, change the path to where you put SetDPI. Note that when you paste this into a shortcut, Windows will automatically expand "PowerShell" to its full path.

Note: I put all my portable apps in C:\Programs. That way, if the app needs to write a settings file, it stays right there with the app. Also note the lack of a space in the path makes creating shortcuts even simpler (I will never forgive Microsoft for putting spaces in System folder names, such as "Program Files" - such a totally brain-dead decision).

Nice! Thanks!
It takes a few seconds longer, but at least stuff appears correctly now.

Try3 said:

If it's any help, I use

Code:

::Stop explorer.exe
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
:: This wait is to allow explorer to close fully before restarting it
Timeout /t 3 >nul
:: Start explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

Thanks Denis. I could have sworn that sometimes using TaskKill, Explorer would restart on its own, but it's not doing that now. Maybe I remembered incorrectly. Wouldn't be the first time.

LesFerch said:

You can do it all within the shortcut. For example:

Powershell -Command C:\Programs\SetDPI\SetDPI 125; Stop-Process -Force -ProcessName Explorer

I tried to extend this to:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command D:\Programok\SetDPI\SetDpi.exe 225; Stop-Process -Force -ProcessName Explorer; d:\Programok\cmdow\cmdow.exe "floating window" /mov 0 0

Because the tuner program is buggy it's window gets off screen. So I added this command for this program to move it. However it doesn't seem to run, even if I add "Start-Sleep -Seconds 5" before it.

Try3 said:

The shortcut does not like that
;
so replace it with a space then
&
then another space.

Denis

Hm. It worked for the second command, so I went with it. Anyway, I tried your suggestion, but with the change to "&" nothing runs whatsoever.

The semicolon is correct. It's separating each PowerShell command.

Try changing "floating window" to 'floating window'. That is, use single quotes. That worked for me.

Note that I tested with a different window. The name 'floating window' must exactly match the window name. You can do wildcard matching too, such as 'floating*'.