I recently got a new laptop with Windows 10. I noticed SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS 17.1) was looking a bit blurry on my laptop screen. On another screen, it looked fine though. The cause for this is easy to find in the display settings. My primary screen is scaled to 125%, while the other one is scaled to 100%.
The easiest solution would be to set the scaling to 100% of course, however, this makes other applications look worse. Another option is to set the scaling settings for SSMS itself. When SSMS is pinned to the task bar, go to it’s properties.
In the Properties menu, go to the Compatibility tab. There you can override the high DPI scaling behavior. Set it to Application.
Et voila, no blurry SSMS no more!
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Worked great for me on a Microsoft Surface Book with two external 4k monitors. Thank you!
Worked on my HP Spectre x360. Brilliant, thanks!
Worked for my new ThinkPad laptop. Thank you so much, as this has been driving me crazy!
Great! this works"! Thank you
Works on Macbook Pro 2017! Thanks
thank you
thanks!
Hi Koen,
thanks! (Have you also figured it out how to fix Visual Studio 2017? )
-Henk
In my computer there is no "Properties" to select when SSMS is pinned to the task bar. How can I fix this? I'm running ssms 17.6. Thanks in advance.
You have to right-click the SSMS icon in the task bar, and in the menu you right-click again on SSMS. (above "unpin from taskbar")
Thank you!