I found myself on this page facing the exact same issue as the original poster when I upgraded my computer from a Dell Windows 7 machine to a Microsoft Windows Surface Pro a month or two ago. It's running Widows 10 Pro with 8 GB RAM I am not a professional Adobe Photoshop user, and I use it only a few times a week to put together "photo-essays" for my clients. (I'm a veterinarian, and I handout photo-essays for some of the procedures I do.) Being the frugal type by nature, it's against my better inclination to just run out and drop a bunch of hard-eared cash on a new program, when I *knew* I could make this one work. I am using Photoshop Elements 7.0 The Surface's Display settings are set to the following: -Scale 200% -Resolution 2736 X 1824 (recommended) and I like the way the whole computer works at these settings. BUT: if I have a photo to edit, as I do over and over for my clients, I will open it up in Photoshop (PS), and I had exactly the same issue as the original poster. It didn't seem to matter if I opened PS directly from the .exe file, or from a desktop shortcut, or from the right-click menu available at the photo itself... it always opens with a very small interface. After playing for a while with a few things I found a very simple work-around. The reason I am here, incidentally, is that I discovered how to get PS to open up "properly" (with a workable interface) from a desktop short cut, but it would still open up with the very small interface from the photo's right-click menu. (that is, right click on photo > Open With > Adobe Photoshop Elements (Editor)) Here's what I did: 1) For the desktop "Adobe Photoshop" shortcut: -right click on the shortcut icon -left click on Properties -open the Compatibility tab -in the Settings area on the compatibility tab, ensure the box beside the "Override high DPI scaling behaviour." box is checked, and in the drop-down box directly below "Scaling performed By:", set to System. Doing the above WILL NOT CHANGE the way PS opens if you ask it to open via a right click on the photo in question (that is, right click on photo > Open With > Adobe Photoshop Elements (Editor)). You therefore also have to perform the above steps for the AdobePhotoShopElementsEditor .EXE file. On my computer, this is located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0. Locate the PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe file, right click on it and: -left click on Properties -open the Compatibility tab -in the Settings area on the compatibility tab, ensure the box beside the "Override high DPI scaling behaviour." box is checked, and in the drop-down box directly below "Scaling Performed By:" set to System. This works perfectly for me, without having to change any other settings I hope it does for you, too. BTW, if it is not obvious and readily apparent, I am NOT an expert computer user. I hope that I haven't made any glaring errors or omissions or assumptions. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the issue at hand.
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