How to Create a "Display" DPI Shortcut in Windows 7 and Windows 8

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This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Display shortcut to change the display DPI size settings in Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.


EXAMPLE: Display
Display Shortcut - Create-display_dpi.jpg

Display Shortcut - Create-8_1_dpi.jpg
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OPTION ONE

To Download a "Display" DPI Shortcut

1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the Display.zip file. 2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

3. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the Display shortcut to your desktop.

4. Unblock the Display shortcut.
Display Shortcut - Create-unblock.jpg
5. In Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

6. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

7. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.





OPTION TWO

To Manually Create a "Display" DPI Shortcut

1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (See screenshot below)
%windir%\System32\DpiScaling.exe
Display Shortcut - Create-step1.jpg
3. Type Display for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
Display Shortcut - Create-step2.jpg
4. In Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

5. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn



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