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[aljimenez]

Aljimenez,

I was aware of that site, but it looks like some people were still having problems implementing that fix. I am not ready at the moment to mess with the registry settings on the MS SB, and last thing I need now is to mess up the computer ( I am currently in the middle of a time consuming project ). It's a shame that one guy can provide a fix for a software that a giant company refuses or cannot (either way) do.

When you said you've done that to several of your programs; did it include After-Effects?

Lata,

It does look good, but I am still reluctant at the moment to take that jump (which may void the warranty). I totally, agree that Adobe, Corel and any other software company could/should create a hot fix to fix this problem.

I understand your reluctance to fiddle with the Registry; however, the fix requires adding an entry to the Registry and setting its value and this is about as simple of a Registry change that can be made. I don't think it will void your warranty. However, I am not going to be the one doing it, you need to make your own decision and live with it. I did it to my own Dell XPS 13 very expensive laptop. I fixed several programs from Adobe, however I do not have After-Effects. I have fixed so many programs that I am confident it will work on any program that has the problem.

To fix Corel's VS, one needs to merge the manifest.txt that the website provides with the manifest file that Corel has. I can supply the merged manifest for VS if anyone wants it.

[asik1]

Side question Al,
How does a modified VS manifest file will affect those with standard screens?

[lata]

Hi Videostudio newbie

I have passed the details of this post to Corel hopefully they will reply, unfortunately I am not holding my breath…..

I may be wrong but you may be the first to report this problem using Video Studio so Corel probably don’t know there is an issue?

If you haven’t done so you may be best reporting the issue to Corel Support or Corel on Facebook.

Regards

[aljimenez]

Side question Al,
How does a modified VS manifest file will affect those with standard screens?

The answer is no impact after just testing on my desktop which does not have a high resolution display. Adding the Registry entry as described did nothing in the normal running of VS X8. Modifying the existing vstudio.exe.manifest by merging:

<asmv3:application>
<asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
<ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware xmlns:ms_windowsSettings="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/W ... s:dpiAware>
</asmv3:windowsSettings>
</asmv3:application>

before the </assembly> entry does not change the operation of VS X8 in my Windows 7 Pro pc without Hi Res display. These same changes on my Hi Res laptop works as described in the website.

[Videostudio newbie]

aljimenez:

That's reassuring to know that you were able to fix many of those programs using Dan Antonielli's method. Believe me I always take responsibility for my own decisions; as I understand it wasn't an advice or a recommendation. I do once in a while mess with the registries on my desktop, it is just that I am not too familiar yet with Win 10 to know if there would any of repercussions. From what I just read, you've been pretty successful at fixing that problem, so I will try it later. I'd be interested in manifest file for VS if you don't mind supplying it me. Thanks!

Lata:

Thanks for mentioning this post to Corel. I have been in contact with them, and in fact I responded to one of their technical support associates earlier this morning. My copy of VS is a little over a month old now, thus out of the 30 day warranty, so I know what the remaining option is at the moment.

[aljimenez]

aljimenez:

That's reassuring to know that you were able to fix many of those programs using Dan Antonielli's method. Believe me I always take responsibility for my own decisions; as I understand it wasn't an advice or a recommendation. I do once in a while mess with the registries on my desktop, it is just that I am not too familiar yet with Win 10 to know if there would any of repercussions. From what I just read, you've been pretty successful at fixing that problem, so I will try it later. I'd be interested in manifest file for VS if you don't mind supplying it me. Thanks!

I have discovered that the manifest file that is in VS Program folder is different for my laptop running Windows 10, and my desktop running Windows 7. Thus I am reluctant to send you any manifest file, as it may be specific to a specific pc and OS, and who knows what else. The best is to make a copy of the manifest file you have, and then edit it in Notepad, or any text file editor. The manifest file looks like a mess, but there is a </assembly> at the very end. Manifest files can have blanks and carriage returns in them without any impact. You can, for example, place your cursor before the </assembly> and insert a carriage return (click the Enter key). Then paste the following in front of this line:

<asmv3:application>
<asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
<ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware xmlns:ms_windowsSettings="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/W ... s:dpiAware>
</asmv3:windowsSettings>
</asmv3:application>

Then the updated manifest should work after you modify the Registry as instructed in the website.

[Videostudio newbie]

Aljimenez:

Glad that you were able to notice a difference between the two manifest files. Like you said "who knows what else" is included in that file which could cause some conflict on my system. If we were talking about two clone computers, then I wouldn't be too worried, but that is not the case.
I'll try to work on this issue some time soon, and I'll see what happens.

Thanks for your help,
FN

[lob]

I've got the same problem with my new laptop's Hi res screen when using PaintShop Pro. The medium thumbnails are fine but the large thumbnails which were fine on my old laptop are exactly the same size as the medium but just much more spaced out in the window. The icons in the bar above are really tiny too. The programme is running extremely slowly and crashes when I save an image. I may have to change allegiance and go with another programme after years of using PSP. Not happy with using PSP now especially when trying to get an urgent project done. I am using an older PC with PSP7 and windows 8 to get the project done

[mhatay]

Greetings all,
This Mixed-Mode DPI Scaling and the DPI-Awareness Context problem that causes a wide verity of display issued, and is a royal pain for us users. But I suspect it is a even bigger pain for software developers.
But until such day as a fix is released, workarounds is how we get the job done.

I wanted to try the register / manifest fix, but had the problem of there is already a manifest file in the executable file directory.
a big lengthy one. I REM,ed it out and replaces it with the Dan Antonielli file. but it won't load without the original manifest file in place.
Can they be merged?

Thanks all,
M

[aljimenez]

Please read the solution posted in this thread a few posts above. You should also read this entire thread.

[mhatay]

aljimenez, Thanks for the suggestion.
Yes I read and re-read the complete posts.
As suggested merged the comments into the manifest file, and added the reg entry.
It didn't change anything.
I checked and re-checked, my reg entry and the modified manifest file and all is as instructed.

I am using a MS Surface book
videostudio newbie, did you try the fix?

I was having the same problems with a whole host of other programs. Corel Draw was fixed by upgrading to X8
I tries a similar manifest fix for Photoshop but it also didn't work.
SolidWorks is still a problem

Here is the fix I tried for Photoshop:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... e92db31c2d

In the mean time, bought some high powered reading glasses so I can get my work done...

Thanks
M

[aljimenez]

Hmmm, two thoughts. Something different about the Microsoft Surface (I wouldn't think so)? You have misspelled the registry entry; it must be entered precisely as listed. I have been successful getting many applications to work correctly by doing what I described above.

I am attaching zip file that contains:

vstudio.exeORG.manifest original manifest file for VS X9
vstudio.exe.manifest modified file for Windows 10 to fix tiny menus
(place in "Program Files\Corel\Corel VideoStudio X9")
Manifest.txt text file detailing how the Registry must be changed for this to work.

[mhatay]

And thanks again, I appreciate the help.
Over the years I have done many registry tweaks, and have learnt to , backup, and work very carefully, but yes there is a chance I made a mistake. I will try removing and re-entering the entry.
There might be something is different about the Surface Book, but I think it is more likely how the software is structured in regards to font handling or libraries.
this issue is affecting many major software companies and the fixes are not coming fast which leads me to suspect it is not a trivial issue to address or is not affecting a very large group of users.

Thanks again for your help,
And happy holidays to all

Mark

[mhatay]

Success!
I was making a mistake when merging the manifest file.
Obvious when I compared my mod with the one provided by aljimenez
So this fix works on the MS Surface book with performance base.
Thanks again to all, and especially aljimenez,
M

[aljimenez]

Happy that it worked! You can put away the magnifying glasses