I've got a VB.Net Windows Form application containing several controls (labels, groupboxes, comboboxes, etc.) This application is deployed to several PCs running Windows 10. There are also Win10 tablets connecting to these PCs via Remote Desktop. The issue is that the text on the form sometimes gets resized and overlaps onto other controls when viewed on the tablet. In other words, the text becomes too big.
I thought this was only happening when using Remote Desktop but today I saw it happen on a PC too. This is the first time this has happened. One difference is that the PC was re-imaged in the field instead of being brought back to the office first. The monitors used between the two locations are different, and I'm suspecting this has something to do with it. I know there are DPI and resolution factors to consider but don't fully understand how to rectify them in this case, or if they're even applicable.
Here's how it looks as designed and running on my dev PC:
And here's how it looks when running on the production PC (sorry for the grainy image):
Of note is that some text doesn't appear to get oversized, for example the "Currently: 6 ft/min". All fonts are Microsoft Sans Serif.
Suggestions?
The answer provided here worked for me by changing the compatibility settings for the executable. Another method is provided here but I haven't had a chance to test it yet.
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I'm trying to access the names and positions of desktop icons under win10 with no luck. I posted a similar question and solution (SO#58126669) when I was using Win7. Now I find the solution (which worked perfectly under Win7) doesn't work anymore under Win10.
Here's What I Know
Under Win7, the desktop icons are stored in a SysListView32 child of the desktop. Info about each can be obtained using LVM_* messages and associated structures.
Here's What I Don't Know
Under Win10, the view hierachy appears to have changed. The SysList view no longer contains the items, but rather it has a single child of class SysHeader32. The LVM messages did not work on it. I tried using comparable HDM_* messages and structures with no luck there either.
Does anybody know how to access the desktop icons under win10?
Windows 10 uses a different approach to the desktop vs. Windows 7 as commented on by #Raymond Chen. You must use COM objects like IShellWindows, IFolderView, etc. Rather than duplicate the code here, please see the answer SO #58126669 (Window 10 Addendum).
So we've recently had our dev machines replaced with 4k laptops and windows 10. I've got visual studio set up, the DPI scaling has worked for the most part to make things usable. The only problem is errors / dialog boxes.
I can't find a way to make them scale up to something readable. Instead I'm getting unintelligable errors written for ants.
Has anyone had any experience of this issue on high DPI screens? And if so did you find a way to fix the problem?
As an example of what I'm talking about, content is scaled, but the options to the left are not. If I get an error popup (exceptions, build failed etc) then everything is in that tiny text, making it unreadable.
I've got a personal laptop (running Windows 10) which I use at work where I connect it to an external display using extended display mode. I keep all my personal icons and windows on my laptop display and store all the work-related windows on the external display. Whenever I unplug it, all the windows and icons from that display are merged into my laptop screen. I want to programmatically prevent changing anything on my primary screen when the secondary is disconnected. I'm currently writing a utility app for a variety of small productivity improving features and would like to add such feature in it. I can think of two ways to achieve this:
by tricking the system to think that the external display hasn't been
disconnected;
or take all the opened windows and icons on disconnected screen and put them on separate virtual desktop.
I was looking into Windows GDI Device Context Functions but haven't found anything about display connection/disconnection events. How can I detect display disconnection (and get that display's opened windows and icons)? Anything that can be done using C#, C++ or PowerShell scripts would be much appreciated!
I'm working on a legacy VB6 application in Windows 10. I'm currently trying to get the application to run seamlessly in Windows 10 and I'm coming across some issues. One of them is the SSTab control. See Image below:
Style, Tab Orientation, All the properties are identical, but as can be seen the text in Windows 7 looks proper vs Win 10. It seems to float left and when selected, one of the S's seems to get cut off the top and added in the 2nd line.
Anyone have any idea?
Try choosing Win 7 in the version part of compatibility. There is the App Compat Kit from MS that allows you to set thousands of compat settings rather than just a few common ones in that compatibility dialog https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=7352
When I first installed Windows 8 (64 bit, Pro version, with Media Player), the IE icon on the Start screen launched the Metro / Modern / Windows Store / whatever version of IE.
But somewhere along the line, it no longer does so. It launches the traditional IE desktop version.
Any suggestions how to get things back to normal?
Side questions: I haven't done any spelunking on Windows 8. Any tips for the following questions would be appreciated...
What are the relevant file locations for various "Metro" apps (both Microsoft and 3rd party)? I know about C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WinMetadata for .winmd files. C:\Windows\WinStore seems almost useless. What else is worthwhile looking at?
Ditto for registry entries
What's hidden where? I assume that apps have NTFS permissions set so that, even as an Administrator (and with doing a Takeown) I can't even see certain system/app-related things.
Where is the Start Screen located? Suppose I wanted to write a program that lists the Start Screen icons, their captions, etc
And any other internals info of this ilk would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Go to Internet Options, Programs tab and in the Opening Internet Explorer section disable the ckeckbox Open Internet Explorer Tiles on the desktop.
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