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FredericSeguin
FredericSeguin
Participant
April 4, 2020
Question

UI Scaling Issues Lightroom Classic Windows 10 on secondary display

  • April 4, 2020
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I just installed back LR Classic on my new laptop with a 4k resolution display.

LR works perfectly on my laptop monitor but things get weird and hard to use when using my second monitor which is 1920x1200.

Whichever Windows Scaling I use (and ticking the Windows automatic scaling), the UI is completly messed up. The menu is way too big, right click options are also way too big. 

Menus themselves are not only too small but completely unusable as some text is just weird or absent. (See attached pictures)

Any idea?

 

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    Tomasz23254625a054
    Participant
    February 21, 2022

    Same problem here. I sorted it out by right clicking on the software icon in start menu and selecting "Run as Administrator". Works like charm

     

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    Nico Kobel
    Inspiring
    November 16, 2021

    Same issue here. Haven't found a fix so far...

    Canary3d
    Canary3d
    Participating Frequently
    March 12, 2021

    I had a similar problem and fixed it by disabling the high DPI for the app. In windows on the task bar, right click on the app and go to properties, then go to the compatibility tab and click "change high dpi settings."  Then check "high dpi scaling override," okay it, and restart the app. It should look right after that. 

      andrew1505
      andrew1505
      Participating Frequently
      March 22, 2023

      If anyone is still following this, coudl you share a screenshot? When I right click on the icon in my taskbar (or in my Start menu for that matter), I don't see "properties" or anything like it. Is this somewhere else?

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        Writeleilani
        Participant
        April 25, 2023

        That's EXACTLY what I needed, thanks Bill! I made the change described in the thread. Results are promising, we'll see if they stick 😄


        THIS answer was perfect. I struggled with this same problem. I bought and returned one monitor figuring it was a problem with the monitor. When I experienced the same problem on the new one, I decided to seach for a real answer.
        Once I applied the updated settings as listed above, I restarted Lightroom and it worked! Thank you so much for providing this solution. This problem was really frustrating.

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        Cody5F86
        Participant
        March 2, 2021

        Same problem here. This has apparently been a thing for about a year's time. 

        YourMediaME
        YourMediaME
        Participant
        December 10, 2020

        I am having the same issue and it's super annoying. Please, someone, figure this out. 

          LauraHippochicky
          LauraHippochicky
          Participant
          January 21, 2021

          I hae the same issue! I have a feeling it would be fine if Lightroom were able to open directly on the external monitor, but my laptop is display 1 by diefault and i do not intend to change this just for this issue (as it will gnerate a whole other set of issues for me..).

          Sooo Adobe, please please find a fix or help us fix it 😄

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