BgInfo : Not Working Correctly on Windows 10

Author: KhunRoger
Subject: Not Working Correctly on Windows 10
Posted: 05 May 2017 at 2:29pm

KhunRoger wrote: [QUOTE=WindowsStar] <snip> So it looks like whatever BGinfo outputs as a desktop background gets modified by the oh-so-helpful Windows 10 to take into account the 150% customized text size and reduces it by a third. I'll still keep playing with it to see if I can make it work. I've come across a similar problem with an old DOS program that I still use called "cmdow.exe". It allows windows to be resized, moved, hidden, maximized, minimized, made on top, not on top, etc. Some anti-virus software report it as malware. But I found that in Windows 10, when I specify the size of a window in pixels, I have to reduce the numbers by 1/3 to allow for the 150% customized text size. Windows then increases the sizes by 50% and the window goes where I want it to go. If only it was so simple a fix in BGinfo.

I've found a work-around.

The clue was in the "Display Settings": whenever the "Change the size of text, apps, and other items" was anything other than 100%, the other program I use a lot - "cmdow.exe", mentioned in my other post quoted above - also didn't work correctly.

So the fix is to reset your text size to 100%, run BGinfo, and then set the text size back again to what you want.

This works manually, but I want it to work every time I start the PC so that I get new BGinfo data on the screen.

So I need a way to change the text size from within a command file. It's either that or run an AutoHotKey macro to do what I just did manually, i.e. by simulating mouse movements and button clicks.