Menu Bar and Status Bar Scaling Across Monitors

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fuzzybear3965
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Menu Bar and Status Bar Scaling Across Monitors

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I'm having a problem with Menu Bar and Status Bar font scaling. It's way too small on my QHD (2560x1440) if it's "just right" on my 4k monitor.

Is there a good solution using Windows Settings / VirtualBox Settings that can display the guest *and* the menus in a "proper" (usable...) scale?

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fuzzybear3965
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Re: Menu Bar and Status Bar Scaling Across Monitors

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Here are the corresponding screenshots from the normal scale case (4k monitor).
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scottgus1
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Re: Menu Bar and Status Bar Scaling Across Monitors

Post by scottgus1 »

The only 'scale' adjustment settings I know of are to right-click an application .exe and chose Properties, then the Compatibility tab. There are DPI options there, and the .exe to edit is probably "C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox\VirtualboxVM.exe"
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