High Sierra (10.13) guest, on Fusion 10.1.0, will not run at 2560x1600, or 2560x1440, reverts to HiDPI.

[HenryAZ]

After installing a 10.13.x guest into Fusion 10.0.1 or 10.1.0, and then installing the VMWare Tools, I can stretch out the window to 2560x1600 with no problem.  I have a 32" desktop running at 3840x2160, so there is plenty of room for this sized VM.  I have previously installed guests of 10.12.x and 10.11.x and done this same thing, and they run fine, opening up at 2560x1600 every time.

With the 10.13.x guest, however, after stretching it out, closing out, and reopening the VM, it now has a HiDPI option in Display settings, which is 1280x800, and the VM window reverts to this HiDPI setting every time.  Nothing I do to switch it back to 2560x1600 works.  Every time it restarts, it reverts to the HiDPI setting, which is very annoying given the screen real estate that I have.  I might add that the window size reopens at 2560x1600, but the text and UI elements within the window are at the HiDPI setting of 1280x800.

How do I prevent the VM from reverting to the HiDPI setting when it starts up?

[parmarr]

Hello,

Please see if this helps https://communities.vmware.com/thread/493022

[HenryAZ]

Thanks for the link parmarr.  There were several suggestions in that thread.  Unfortunately, none of them worked for me, including adjusting the video settings and adding preferences to the preferences file..  My 10.13.2 VM still opens as a 2560x1600 sized window, but within a second of presenting the desktop, the desktop reverts to HiDPI "scaled" resolution.  The window itself remains at 2560x1600, but the screen elements within are 1080p.  2560x1600 also appears as a scaled resolution choice, and I can select it, but on the next boot, it reverts back to the HiDPI setting.