Using differnt dpi settings per user

[Lorne]

Is it possible in XP home to have one user with a screen resolution of 96dpi and another using 120dpi ?

It looks to me like it is a machine setting if done via the normal display settings dialog but I was wondering if there was a way to make it a per user setting via the registry or some other way?

(I know there is a separate large font setting available per user but that does not do what I want).

 

[ju.c]

The DPI setting affects all user accounts. Unless someone else has a better suggestion,
this may be your best sollution:

XP Keep per User Display Settings:

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sto41/en/My Tools/XPKeepPerUserDisplaySettings.htm

ju.c

 

[Lorne]

The DPI setting affects all user accounts. Unless someone else has a
better suggestion,
this may be your best sollution:

XP Keep per User Display Settings:

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sto41/en/My Tools/XPKeepPerUserDisplaySettings.htm

ju.c

Thanks for the link.

 

[ju.c]

Your welcome, but I'm curious, any luck?

ju.c

Thanks for the link.

 

[Lorne]

Your welcome, but I'm curious, any luck?

ju.c

I have found that if I create a new account, go to it with switch users and
set dpi to 120 WITHOUT rebooting I can run software on that account at
120dpi. As long as I set it back to 96dpi before shutting down the computer
never resets the global dpi.

Since I am writing software and only need this facility to test if my
routines for scaling forms/buttons/etc are working this is my best solution
since it avoids the time consuming reboot I was doing - I am writing code
and compiling in a 96dpi environment then switching to the other user to
test screen layouts at other dpi settings.

I have so much junk installed on my computer I try not to install anything I
do not need so since I found this work around I did not test the program you
suggested.

Out of interest if anyone knows a Windows API routine that resets dpi I
would be interested. I could not find one at msdn.