Applications like Chrome look blurry in Windows 8.1

Question

After installing Windows 8.1 update, a lot of applications, like Chrome, Skype, etc. looks blurry. How do I fix it?

For example, (bigger image here):

Blurry windows

Possible duplicate of http://serverfault.com/questions/570785/how-can-i-make-microsoft-management-console-high-dpi-aware-in-windows-8-1 — Rod Boev, Mar 18 '17 at 16:51

score 48 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 06 '15 at 17:25

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Fix: You should disable scaling by opening properties of the application/short cut.

Disable scaling

Even better is to disable the DPI scaling by the custom sizing option:

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edited Aug 06 '15 at 17:25

Peter Mortensen

answered Oct 18 '13 at 08:21

Dhana

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Disabling DPI scaling (the second option) worked perfectly for me. Thank you so much, was driving me crazy!! – AJ. Oct 21 '13 at 13:05
Should it be 100% or higher? – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 13 '15 at 14:26

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '13 at 17:49

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The blurry text is caused by the new DPI scaling which is added in 8.1.

Set the size back to 100% and this fixes the issue.

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answered Oct 18 '13 at 17:49

magicandre1981

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Setting the size back to 100% strains my eyes thats the reason why i changed the size in the first place, I have found the solution thats disabling auto DPI scalling, look at my updated answer! – Dhana Oct 19 '13 at 18:26
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This is not new in Windows 8.1 -- display scaling has been with us since at least Vista. And a Surface and similar device really needs scaling, which worked just fine on 8.0. I think there must be more to this story, because 125% scaling in 8.0 was fine (and necessary); 8.1 is all fuzzy. – Jon Watte Nov 22 '13 at 16:57
in 8.1 the scaling was changed to make it independent for each monitor. Vista till 8.0 the setting was applied for all monitors. – magicandre1981 Nov 22 '13 at 18:00

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