How to Turn On or Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login in Windows 10


Magnifier is a tool that enlarges part—or all—of your screen so you can see words and images better. It comes with a few different settings, so use it the way that suits you best.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to start Magnifier automatically at login for your account in Windows 10.


Contents

  • Option One: To Turn On or Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login in Settings
  • Option Two: To Turn On or Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login using a REG file



EXAMPLE: Magnifier
Turn On or Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login in Windows 10-magnifier.jpg






OPTION ONE

To Turn On or Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login in Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

Starting with Windows 10 build 21359, the Ease of Access category in Settings has been renamed to Accessibility.


2 Click/tap on Magnifier on the left side, and check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Start Magnifier automatically at login for what you want on the right side under Magnifier options. (see screenshot below)

Builds older than Windows 10 build 16184 will have a Start Magnifier automatically setting to turn on or off instead.

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OPTION TWO

To Turn On or Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login using a REG file


The downloadable .reg files below will modify the string value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Accessibility

Configuration string value

magnifierpane= on
<blank> = off


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Turn On Start Magnifier Automatically at Login

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_start_Magnifier_automatically_at_login.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Start Magnifier Automatically at Login

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_start_Magnifier_automatically_at_login.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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