rondfranks

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Font Size after Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Wacom MediaStudio 4K 19" Monitor at Native 250% Scaling

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Start 10 worked fine before I sent my tablet in for repair. When it returned it was installed with the latest update (1709). After installing Start 10 again the Start 10 options screen was messed up. When I tried to adjust the menu size under Style the fonts became huge, and nothing I could do other than restarting my computer would affect the size of the menu text.

This was a fresh install on a freshly updated OS. It's on a Wacom MobilStudio Pro with a 4K 19" screen that's set to scale at 250% for the default size. Worked great before the latest install of Windows 10 Pro.

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sdrohan

Join Date 10/2012

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Please try:
https://forums.stardock.com/486022/start10-support-faq#reinstalling

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I followed the instructions, and it didn't have any effect. Same as before. Given that it was a fresh install of Windows 1709 with all of the drivers updated, and a fresh install of Start 10, I'm not surprised. Start 10 is not scaling properly after the Fall Creators Update on my computer.

Also, even though it doesn't show in the image I posted, the image in the menu is set to stretch to show entire texture, but it is tiling on the right side. So a part of the left side of the texture is wrapping around to the right side of the menu.

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Okay, I'm not sure what I did or didn't do, but I've got Start 10 working properly. The Options menus are still messed up like before, but I was able to get the program itself to look the same as before the Windows Update. The text and images in the options menus are way too big, but still usable.

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Have you had more success since last post on reducing font size?

Am having this problem. Start10 looked good on my updated Sony from W8.1 to W10. Downloaded Start10 to my Spectre x360 15 which came with Creators Update and the font is too large; the lines and columns cut each other off. Icon size is ok.

This user is tech-imbecile; if there are any suggestions on how to fix, please keep instructions at 4th grade level. thank you

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Sorry, but I've had limited success and no working solutions from Stardock. Currently the configuration menu fonts are too big. Very hard to set anything. The Start 10 Windows menu is okay, but I had to scale the background image to the same size as the menu, otherwise the menu had artifacts around the left edge it I let Stardock scale it. With a lot of tinkering Start10 is working pretty well now, but it took a bit of effort.

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Hello,

I would like to have a video grab or at least a screen capture of your problem to understand it. Thanks

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Here is what the Start 10 configuration window looks like.

http://www.ron-franks.name/Start10%20Config%20Screen.png

Using stretch to show entire texture for the background image using Modern Style causes the right side of the background to go past the menu for about 10 to 20 pixels, which looks weird.

BTW, this is still happening with the new 1.6 update.

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Hello, will the problem go away if you set scaling to 100%?

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No. Everything on the screen is extremely small, but the problem with the Start10 window fonts still exists. The Start10 window and the fonts are all equally tiny on the screen. Same proportion as the image I sent earlier.

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Please try reboot after set it to 100%.

BTW, you should also try the clean boot steps to see which application is causing the conflict. https://forums.stardock.com/486022/start10-support-faq#cleanboot

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

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sdrohan

Join Date 10/2012

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Have either of you edited your OS dialog font via the registry?

Start10 knows the DPI is scaled, and yet the OS, which rescales the positions of the controls, has not done so correctly it would seem.

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Maybe, but the scaling of the background image of the menu using the modern theme seems like something else. I was able to figure out the pixel size of the menu and pre-scale the image, which stopped that from happening. Otherwise the right side of the background image extended out a few pixels past the menu. At least until I went into the configuration panel and changed the image. The next time I opened Windows 10 it was hanging off the edge of the menu again.

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