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karenh25076335
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June 4, 2019
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Photoshop tools too small on Surface Pro

  • June 4, 2019
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Hi there. Can anyone help me, please..I recently bought the new Microsoft surface pro and want to install photoshop Cs6. I have bought this software a while back and I came in a disc that I downloaded to my PC. So I got on to the Adobe website and told them that the surface pro doesn't have a disc drive so I gave them my license key and downloaded the software from Adobe and entered my number. Anyway when I open photoshop now on the surface pro its so small I can not read the tools. I have looked up the net on how to adjust this and to be able to do this I need to locate the file photoshop exe file but it is nowhere to be found. I have tried everywhere. I am a whole wk trying to solve this prop and it is doing my head in..

Please please help

THANKS Karen

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    Maher3141780362vl
    Participant
    August 1, 2023

    its work for me thank you vert much

     

    vikashk503
    vikashk503
    Participating Frequently
    June 27, 2019

    Hi,

    I would be very honest with you. Photoshop cs6 does work on Surface Pro and HiDPI screens but UI problem is very common espeically due to compatibility issues which Adobe had fixed in cloud version by introducing setting to manage UI from PS itself.

    However for old versions of Photoshop, You may would like to tweak system settings in order to get quick results.

    Try this and see if it suits you :

    Right Click on Desktop

    Select Display Settings

    From Resolution Drop down select a lower one than the existing one. Example - If its 1366/768 then make to 1024/768.

    Then check Photoshop and size of menus

    Note : This step would increase size of icons on other apps too on your computer.

    Thanks!

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    June 4, 2019

    That IS the Exe file. Windows is hiding the ".exe" which is part of the name. You can change whether it does this, and you may want to as presumably this is how it was on your old computer. To do this turn OFF the "hide extensions for known file types" option in File Explorer as shown:

    but also expect to need new apps if you get a new computer, as I said...

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    Maher3141780362vl
    Participant
    August 1, 2023

    thank you very much its work for me

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    Anonymous
    June 4, 2019

    Hi

    You can find the Photoshop.exe file in this location

    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6

    Right click on the Photoshop.exe and select properties > compatibility > change high DPI settings

    Then change the settings as per below

    Then just create a shortcut and place it on your desktop

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      karenh25076335Author
      Participant
      June 4, 2019

      That was my question in the 1st place..I cant find the exe file. I can find on my pc but I cant find it on the surface pro.. Ill take a screen shot and show you.

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      Anonymous
      June 4, 2019

      How do I do that?

      Sorry for begin a complete air head.. but I can be tech challenged sometimes.


      Right click and select properties

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      June 4, 2019

      The surface uses a kind of monitor with very small pixels; support for this was not introduced until after CS6. Part of the joy of new hardware is all new apps... it is subscription only now.

      Michael J. Hoffman
      Community Expert
      Michael J. HoffmanCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 4, 2019

      Hi Karen,

      I've moved this thread from Photoshop Fix (Mobile App) to the general Photoshop forum. Note: I also updated the subject line to be more clear about the nature of the question.

      There's no need to go twiddling with the .exe file in your system. Photoshop has built-in capability for adjusting to HiDPI displays.

      In Windows, go to Edit > Preferences > Interface, then:

      1. Adjust the UI Font Size (Tiny/Small/Medium/Large)
      2. Scale the UI to match the font by checking that option
      3. Click OK to save, then restart Photoshop

      Screen shot here:

      I hope that helps,

      Mike

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      Anonymous
      June 4, 2019

      As far as I'm aware that option in not available in CS6

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