How to fix Adobe Photoshop UI scaling problem on high DPI displays | HD, 1080p, 4K

How to fix Adobe Photoshop UI scaling problem or resolution problem on high DPI displays like HD, 1080p, 4K laptops or desktops?
Too small UI fonts in Adobe Photoshop?

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Full HD and 4K displays are becoming mainstream now. Anyone who purchases a machine today be it a laptop or desktop for gaming or designing or development look for latest specs and pays special attention to the display.

What if you purchased a laptop with Full HD display to do a lot of drawing and designing and suddenly you are surprised to know that your favorite editing software is not DPI aware and you can no longer work on it for editing things that take forever just because you cannot see those tiny ant like UI fonts.

The problem with latest versions of Adobe Photoshop is that on devices with FHD or 4K displays the UI is too tiny to work with. One can easily feel strain on their eyes and even pain.This video talks about fixing Adobe Photoshop UI scaling problem on high DPI displays like HD, 1080p, 4K laptops or desktops.

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[urbanbaularnab]

Dude ... you don't have to do anything like this .. try this
No big registry edit, Windows 10, 64 bit.
Right click on photoshop icon > properties> compatibility > Change for all users
Check: Override High DPI Scaling Behavior AND drop down to be determined by SYSTEM (not application which is the default)

[techiegrrl]

Worked like a charm. I am grateful. Thank you!

[philphg]

The thing is that I did that, I followed the tutorial, it can scale it back to normal use for my 1920x1080 Acer screen. But I lose the HD 1080 resolution on Photoshop, the colors in Photoshop are not nice as it is without touching anything. I also changed the compatibility mode of the Photoshop set up file to "System". How can I have the great resolution with the right size please?

[torababdullah]

but i have small screen and photoshop windows and icons take a lot space. i want small icons and windows. how do i get that?

[Aviran]

Thanks man Till now on the web you gave the proper solution !!! Great work and may your page reach more subscriber n views Good luck !!

[MM-pled]

what could we do, if we only wanted to produce a super huge *cursor pointer* instead of altering all UI Settings. A mouse size *even bigger* than maximum windows mouse settings *allows* you.

[Santhoshkumar-dtcj]

hello adobe option not showing in program files.it is showing in program files x86

[sarahsapien]

what do I do if I don't have SideBySide folder?

[abudarda]

Hp m22f full hd display 1920×1080 monitor photoshop cc2017 problem solved possible?

[Woody]

Thank you!!! It works perfect on CC2017.

[TaroLatte]

WOW! It's work perfectly dude! Thank you!

[LeeValentine]

Thank you so much, I was just about ready to change my resolution back to 1920x1080 permanently and this finally fixed the issue! Now I just have to find a similar solution for RDP sessions...

[ColorsCult]

Works on CS6!! Just be sure to show file extensions when you rename the txt file

[itk]

its worked great, but now my curser (in photoshop) is tiny..any way to fix this?

[LifestylerAUT]

Is there a way to increase the UI even more?
Does changing some values may help?
My father have problem with his eyes so he is struggling; from day to day more :(

[digitalmarketing]

Sorry, It's not working for me. I'm using it on Photoshop 2021 version and my laptop 1080p display, i3 processor and 8GB of ram but I still facing big UI scaling issue.

[graphicsite]

I did all the steps...but doesn't work...! I am on Windows 7 with Adobe programs CS5! PLS help...Thank you!

[mitishavadgama]

what should i do if i get same problem with autocad 2016?

[romeburns]

Thank you! This method definitely works for CS5

[lumierre]

Thanks it worked! but I think the ps becomes a little bit blurry..