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Fueled By Decaff wrote:

Would getting a second monitor be an option?

Jan R Hansen wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion! As I understand it; I would need to have my dev environment running inside a VM, and work through an RDP connection, only to gain the ability to have everything running inside an app that would be shareable from the physical machines OS, right?

Jan R Hansen wrote:

To me, thats more troublesome than executing my "switch to 2560x1440.bat" before the teams meeting and then the "switch to 5120x1440.bat" after the meeting.

Jan R Hansen wrote:

Why, oh why, can't we just have an option in Teams to share a part of the screen...

Jan R Hansen wrote:

Or have NVidia register the physical monitor as a number of physical monitors. That way, Windows wouldn't know the difference, and everything would work.

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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That's actually a good idea, give them the suggestion, they are some better than others getting feedback from users.

Jan R Hansen wrote:

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Import-Module $PSScriptRoot\setScreenResolution\setScreenResolution -Verbose

Set-ScreenResolution -Width 2560 -Height 1440

Function Set-ScreenResolution { 
 
    <# 
        .Synopsis 
            Sets the Screen Resolution of the primary monitor 
        .Description 
            Uses Pinvoke and ChangeDisplaySettings Win32API to make the change 
        .Example 
            Set-ScreenResolution -Width 1024 -Height 768         
        #> 
    param ( 
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
               Position = 0)] 
    [int] 
    $Width, 
     
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
               Position = 1)] 
    [int] 
    $Height 
    ) 
     
    $pinvokeCode = @" 
     
    using System; 
    using System.Runtime.InteropServices; 
     
    namespace Resolution 
    { 
     
        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] 
        public struct DEVMODE1 
        { 
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 32)] 
            public string dmDeviceName; 
            public short dmSpecVersion; 
            public short dmDriverVersion; 
            public short dmSize; 
            public short dmDriverExtra; 
            public int dmFields; 
     
            public short dmOrientation; 
            public short dmPaperSize; 
            public short dmPaperLength; 
            public short dmPaperWidth; 
     
            public short dmScale; 
            public short dmCopies; 
            public short dmDefaultSource; 
            public short dmPrintQuality; 
            public short dmColor; 
            public short dmDuplex; 
            public short dmYResolution; 
            public short dmTTOption; 
            public short dmCollate; 
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 32)] 
            public string dmFormName; 
            public short dmLogPixels; 
            public short dmBitsPerPel; 
            public int dmPelsWidth; 
            public int dmPelsHeight; 
     
            public int dmDisplayFlags; 
            public int dmDisplayFrequency; 
     
            public int dmICMMethod; 
            public int dmICMIntent; 
            public int dmMediaType; 
            public int dmDitherType; 
            public int dmReserved1; 
            public int dmReserved2; 
     
            public int dmPanningWidth; 
            public int dmPanningHeight; 
        }; 
     
     
     
        class User_32 
        { 
            [DllImport("user32.dll")] 
            public static extern int EnumDisplaySettings(string deviceName, int modeNum, ref DEVMODE1 devMode); 
            [DllImport("user32.dll")] 
            public static extern int ChangeDisplaySettings(ref DEVMODE1 devMode, int flags); 
     
            public const int ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS = -1; 
            public const int CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY = 0x01; 
            public const int CDS_TEST = 0x02; 
            public const int DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL = 0; 
            public const int DISP_CHANGE_RESTART = 1; 
            public const int DISP_CHANGE_FAILED = -1; 
        } 
     
     
     
        public class PrmaryScreenResolution 
        { 
            static public string ChangeResolution(int width, int height) 
            { 
     
                DEVMODE1 dm = GetDevMode1(); 
     
                if (0 != User_32.EnumDisplaySettings(null, User_32.ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, ref dm)) 
                { 
     
                    dm.dmPelsWidth = width; 
                    dm.dmPelsHeight = height; 
     
                    int iRet = User_32.ChangeDisplaySettings(ref dm, User_32.CDS_TEST); 
     
                    if (iRet == User_32.DISP_CHANGE_FAILED) 
                    { 
                        return "Unable To Process Your Request. Sorry For This Inconvenience."; 
                    } 
                    else 
                    { 
                        iRet = User_32.ChangeDisplaySettings(ref dm, User_32.CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY); 
                        switch (iRet) 
                        { 
                            case User_32.DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL: 
                                { 
                                    return "Success"; 
                                } 
                            case User_32.DISP_CHANGE_RESTART: 
                                { 
                                    return "You Need To Reboot For The Change To Happen.\n If You Feel Any Problem After Rebooting Your Machine\nThen Try To Change Resolution In Safe Mode."; 
                                } 
                            default: 
                                { 
                                    return "Failed To Change The Resolution"; 
                                } 
                        } 
     
                    } 
     
     
                } 
                else 
                { 
                    return "Failed To Change The Resolution."; 
                } 
            } 
     
            private static DEVMODE1 GetDevMode1() 
            { 
                DEVMODE1 dm = new DEVMODE1(); 
                dm.dmDeviceName = new String(new char[32]); 
                dm.dmFormName = new String(new char[32]); 
                dm.dmSize = (short)Marshal.SizeOf(dm); 
                return dm; 
            } 
        } 
    } 
     
"@ 
     
    Add-Type $pinvokeCode -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
    [Resolution.PrmaryScreenResolution]::ChangeResolution($width,$height) 
    }