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High DPI Issue with Photoshop 2021 v22.0

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October 21, 2020
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The most ideal solution so far for computers that are using Windows Scaling that is not 100% was to use the manifest file suggested by Dan Antonielli. I personally use scaling at 125% because on my monitor, everything else at 100% looks extremely small. Changing high-dpi settings on Properties DOES NOT work with cases like this.

This was not an issue so far because Photoshop worked just fine with the manifest file.

However with the new update and v22.0, the manifest file now throws an error with Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop cannot run on this computer because this version of Photoshop requires Microsoft Windows 10 October 2018 Update (64-bit) version 1809 or later.

Of course I am on a later version than the one mentioned above. This is happening because of the Manifest file.

Can anyone help me out with a solution to this? Maybe an updated manifest file that supports the newer version of Photoshop?

Because without the Manifest file, at 125% Windows Scaling, Photoshop UI is so big that it is very difficult to have any workspace.

Thank you in advance for any help that you can provide.

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CoolantAuthor

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New update and the problem still exists. Not just for me but various other people who have commented here and across other sites on the internet.

Is there really no fix for this?

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Abdul Ghani0101

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I am having this issue with Illustrator. Surprisingly, my photoshop and other applications look fine though. Really annoying to say the least

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CoolantAuthor

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I really hope someone at Adobe can help out with this issue. There's quite a few of people who are facing this problem.

freew111

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Let me elaborate a bit more on my problem with Photoshop scaling on High DPI.

I run Windows 10 on 2 displays 2560x1440 px each. So not to destroy my eyes and to read UI clearly, I have set 125% scaling in display settings for both displays:

When launching Photoshop (2020 version) ‘as is,’ the distortions are clearly visible already on the splash screen and further all over the UI (see below on the left). Now compare the look with the applied manifest (on the right):

Now, there is a new Photoshop 2022, and unfortunately, the manifest triggers the error, as reported by Coolant:

When I launch it without the manifest, I see the same picture as the Photoshop 2020 on the left above.

The display bounds value from Photoshop’s system info is top=0, left=0, bottom=1440, right=2560

I can confirm Coolant’s findings, that “Changing high-dpi settings on Properties DOES NOT work with cases like this.” As Coolant has stated, even fixing the manifest (so Photoshop can be launched) doesn’t fix the UI problem anymore.

The solution would be either to have the new working manifest for the Photoshop 2022 version OR Adobe provides a fix.

Otherwise, it feels like having a fancy sports car with an enormous dashboard that takes up half of the windshield’s space. In the 2022 version, I can change people’s emotions but can’t have a decent experience with UI? It’s just ridiculous.

Claiming that Adobe has fixed Photoshop’s UI scaling on Windows 10 long ago is not quite right. Hundreds, if not thousands of users commented on Dan’s article since it was posted in 2014, cannot be wrong. https://danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/

Cheers.

freew111

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P.S. By version 2022 I definitely mean Photoshop 2021 v.22.0, of course 🙂

freew111

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Got the same problem. The solution by Dan Antonielli worked perfectly until PS 2022 came out.

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CoolantAuthor

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After a lot of experimentation, I finally managed to get the manifest file working with Photoshop 2021.

<compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
        <application>
            <!-- Windows 10 -->
            <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
            <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
            <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
            <!-- Windows 8 -->
            <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
            <!-- Windows 7 -->
            <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
            <!-- Windows Vista -->
            <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/> 
        </application>
    </compatibility>

I added this to it and it now runs with Windows 10 without an error. However the issue now is that the dpiaware or the dpiwareness lines do not actually do anything. The app launches perfectly with the manifest file but there is no scaling.

Could anyone with knowledge about this guide me further? Thanks.

JJMack

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Why use windows display scaling with Windows 10 with this method when you can do the same with Windows 10 shortcuts without manifest files. Other version of Windows are not support with current Photoshop. It time to use windows 10.

JJMack

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CoolantAuthor

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> Why use windows display scaling with Windows 10

For the reasons I've mentioned in this post multiple times. I have a 17 inch monitor with a native 4K that has been downscaled to 1080p. The ONLY way I can get a decent reading size is by enabling 125% Windows Scaling. It is also the recommended percentage.

I cannot change that without runining my entire PC experience. And trust me, I have tried to find ways to work past that but it is not possible with the given hardware and make.

> Other version of Windows are not support with current Photoshop. It time to use windows 10.

I do use Windows 10. I have the latest version of it. That is not the problem.

The problem as I've mentioned once again multiple times on this thread is that the Photoshop application by default takes the Windows Scaling and applies it. If we set the shortcut to override "System" or "System Enhanced" ... it actually DOES nothing to undo the 125% done by Windows Scaling.

So, until now, the ONLY way to bypass this was the usage of a manifest file.

And unfortunately, the manifest file that worked well with 2020 does not work anymore with 2021 becuase of the upgraded minimum specs for 2021.

So after a lot of research, I upgraded the Manifest file to work with the 2021 application but unfortunately the dpiAware setting no longer seems to do anything.

So anyone with info on how to modify this manifest file to get it working again would be great.

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IDEALLY setting override System in Properties should do the job. But it does not with Photoshop. In fact, it has never done, even on older versions when the system wide scaling is set anything more than 100%.

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JJMack, I thank you for your time and responses in this matter but you've been giving me very standard responses to a problem that is not standard. I totally understand what you are saying. But that is not the solution to this problem as I've explained numerous times.

The only possible solutions are

1 - Adobe updates Photoshop so "override System" actually overrides Windows Scaling when set to more than 100%.

2 - Someone is able to update the Manifest file more to get it to work as it did with previous versions.

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CoolantAuthor

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Sorry to bump this topic up but is it safe to assume that there is no solution to this problem?

JJMack

Community Expert

Adobe fix Photoshop's UI scaling on windows 10 quite some time ago. With windows 10 you never need the registry update and manifest file all you do for old version of Photoshop is edit the start up shortcuts and override application controls scaling change to System enhanced....

JJMack

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CoolantAuthor

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Thank you for the reply but as I've pointed out in the above post ---

> Changing high-dpi settings on Properties DOES NOT work with cases like this.

--- doing this does not work for me when my 'Change the size of text, apps, and other items' option in Display Settings is set to 125%.

The only way I found over the years to do this is with the help of a manifest file which is no longer working.

D Fosse

Community Expert

The point is that on a current system (Windows and Photoshop), you're not supposed to do anything, other than set the scaling factor in Windows. Photoshop will pick it up automatically, as long as you don't muddy the waters by changing other settings.

Don't do anything. You're not supposed to "override" anything.

If you already had this manifest hack on your system, it's possible it has messed up something else.

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