Photoshop Elements 12 doesn't scale to the screen.

[Mr. Buben]

I have encountered an issue with trying to install Photoshop Elements 12 on the new computer with Windows 10.

The program got installed but appears to be in a miniaturized version - not scaling properly to the screen.

Please see the screenshots below

My display resolution is 3840x2400. 

The Photoshop Elements settings in Display & Cursors don't have option to change to the high resolution display settings.

Is there any way to make this work?

I would appreciate if one can suggest a way to fix it without just going for the newer version of the software.

Thank you and kind regards

[Greg_S.]

4K monitors were not widely available when Elements 12 was introduced and the GUI was not scaled for it.  Even the latest versions of Elements have some limitations for display on a higher resolution monitor.  I don't know whether it will help with your version, but try using the Windows>Settings>Display>Scale and Layout settings.  You can right-click on the desktop and get to it via Display Settings in the context menu.

Later versions of Elements do have a high resolution display setting that can be changed between 100 and 200%.  This usually helps most folk with a 4K monitor. 

If you want to test it out for yourself, you can download a free trial of Elements 2021.

[Mr. Buben]

Thank you, Greg,

I tried Windows Display Settings and changing those settings doesn't really help. I trieed changing both resolution settings and scaling, to no effect. As you explained, it's probably the legacy issue with this older version of Photoshop. 

I may have to try Elements 2021 after all, although I tried to avoid it and stick with what I am used to.

Thank you for taking time and responding to me question. Appreciate it!