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pb79
Contributor
Contributor
‎05-25-2021 02:45 AM

DPI awareness is not supported.

DPI awareness is not supported on following VM:

OS: W10 20H2

VMware Workstation 16.1.0 Pro

VMware drivers reinstalled.

Scaling is set to 125%, app supports Hi-DPI but DPI awareness status in Task Manager is still "DPI unaware".

What is going on?

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DrWhoIs
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎03-14-2022 01:07 AM

i guess you have external displays whose DPI scaling is different from the main display?

i have a case open about 2 yrs i guess....

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ender_
Expert
Expert
‎03-14-2022 12:48 PM

Mine shows Per-monitor (Version 2). Try right-clicking your VMWare Workstation shortcut, select Properties, go to Compatibility tab, and check if any DPI compatibility settings are set.

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DrWhoIs
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎03-15-2022 12:13 AM

not sure how to interprete this... per monitor version 2??

anyway there isn't anything set in the shortcut in regards to DPI, both options are unchecked..

but if i drag my vm or start my vm on the display that has 200% scaling, the vm stays at 100%

if i disconnect my extra displays (who are at 100%) then all works as expected.

as soon as i have an external display which differs in scaling then the auto scale inside the vm stops working it seems...

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