DPI-related APIs and registry settings_desktopdpioverride-优快云博客

If you need to perform deployment customizations, the following sections explain the registry keys and system parameters that your post-installation scripts might need to access.

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Primary display native resolution

Table 1 Windows 8.1 Scaling Levels, while by no means exhaustive, provides information on the Windows 8.1 scaling level for a number of common displays. Panel DPI indicates the physical pixel density of the panel, and Scaling level indicates the scale factor that will be used for this display.

Table 1 Windows 8.1 Scaling Levels

Display size	Display resolution	Horizontal (pixels)	Vertical (pixels)	Panel DPI	Scaling level
10.6"	FHD	1920	1080	208	150%
10.6"	HD	1366	768	148	100%
11.6"	WUXGA	1920	1200	195	150%
11.6"	HD	1366	768	135	100%
13.3"	WUXGA	1920	1200	170	150%
13.3"	QHD	2560	1440	221	200%
13.3"	HD	1366	768	118	100%
15.4"	FHD	1920	1080	143	125%
15.6"	QHD+	3200	1800	235	200%
17"	FHD	1920	1080	130	125%
23"	QFHD (4K)	3840	2160	192	200%
24"	QHD	2560	1440	122	125%

To programmatically find this information for any device, you can write a utility program that reports back data. The native primary resolution is retrieved by calling the API GetDeviceCaps() function, using the hdc for the desktop and the HORZRES and VERZRES indices:

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// Get desktop dc
desktopDc = GetDC(NULL);
// Get native resolution
horizontalResolution = GetDeviceCaps(desktopDc,HORZRES);
verticalResolution = GetDeviceCaps(desktopDc,VERZRES);

For more information about GetDC, see GetDC() function.

Primary display DPI scale factor

Similarly, you can get the pixel density by using the LOGPIXELSX and LOGPIXELSY indices:

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// Get desktop dc
desktopDc = GetDC(NULL);
// Get native resolution
horizontalDPI = GetDeviceCaps(desktopDc,LOGPIXELSX);
verticalDPI = GetDeviceCaps(desktopDc,LOGPIXELSY);

These results are returned in a coordinate system in which 96 corresponds to 100%, as shown in Table 2 DPI Scale Factors.

Table 2 DPI Scale Factors

DPI	Scale factor
96	100
120	125
144	150
192	200

Note
This API will return different results depending on the DPI awareness mode of your application. Configuring the awareness mode requires adding XML to the application manifest, as detailed below:

DPI Awareness Mode	Manifest Setting	Returned Value
None	None	96 for all displays, regardless of the scale factor
System DPI Aware	<dpiAware>True</dpiAware>	The DPI of the primary display at the time the Windows session was started (when the user first logged in to Windows)
Per-Monitor DPI Aware	<dpiAware>True/PM</dpiAware>	The DPI of the primary display at the time the Windows session was started (when the user first logged in to Windows). To obtain the DPI of the display that the application is located on, use GetWindowDpi() or GetDpiForMonitor()

For more information about this manifest setting, see SetProcessDPIAware function.

Scaling mode

The Control Panel\ Appearance and Personalization\Display user interface (UI) includes a checkbox: Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays, which controls whether the system applies a single scale factor to all displays (as in Windows 8 and earlier versions of Windows), or different scale factors that take into account the pixel density of each display (the Windows 8.1 default). This checkbox configures the HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Win8DpiScaling registry key in Windows 8.1.

Table 3 HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Win8DpiScaling Values

Key value	Meaning
0	Different scale factors for each display: Windows 8.1 default.Content that is moved from one display to another will be the right size, but can be bitmap-scaled.
1	Same scale factor is applied to all displays: Windows 8 and earlier Windows versions behavior. Content that is moved from one display to another might be the wrong size.

Scaling override in Windows 8.1 scaling mode

When the Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays checkbox is cleared and the system is running in the Windows 8.1 scaling mode, the user is provided with a slider that lets them override the current scale factors, from Smaller, to Medium, to Larger. This setting is configured in the HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\DesktopDPIOverride registry key.

Table 4 HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\DesktopDPIOverride Values

Key value	Meaning
<0	Reduce each display scale factor from the default by this value (for example, if the default was 150% scaling, -1 corresponds to 125%, -2 to 100%).
0	Use the default value for each display.
0>	Increase each display factor by this value (using the previous example, +1 corresponds to 200% scaling).

All display scale factors in this mode are constrained to be one of these four values: 100%, 125%, 150%, 200%. In addition, after scaling is applied, applications expect to have at least 720 effective lines of resolution (that is, the physical vertical resolution of the display divided by the scale factor); this can further limit the range of allowed display scale factors. Table 5 Display Values shows which values are allowed for different sized displays:

Table 5 Display Values

Vertical lines	Supported scale factors
<900	100%
>= 900 and <1080	100%, 125%
>=1080 and <1440	100%, 125%, 150%
>=1440	100%, 125%, 150%, 200%

System-wide scale factor in Windows 8 scaling mode

When the Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays checkbox is checked, the user can specify a scale factor that applies to all displays, regardless of each display’s pixel density. By using the custom setting, the user can select values other than 100%, 125%, 150%, 200%, although they are limited to the range (100%-500%). This setting is configured in the HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\LogPixels registry key.

Table 6 HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\LogPixels Values

Key value	Meaning
96	100% scaling on every display
120	125% scaling on every display
144	150% scaling on every display
192	200% scaling on every display
<other>	<other>*100/96 scaling on every display