I have a high DPI laptop (3200×1800, 13" screen. Hardware is Lenovo Yoga2Pro), which I hate for these reasons.
My specific question is about the size of thumbnail icons in native Windows (10).
The "Large icons" setting in Windows (Ctrl+Shift+2) gives thumbnails of my photos which are 20 mm (3/4 inch) wide, i.e., too small to see (while using adapter scaling setting = "250% (recommended)").
Switching to the "Extra Large icons" (Ctrl+Shift+1) setting DOESN'T ALTER THE SIZE OF THE THUMBNAILS. All it does is space them apart more and change the wrapping parameters of the filename (the text wraps onto a second line at 44 characters, instead of 16).
I am on Windows 10 1511/10586. I was hoping they might have fixed it, but no. It was the same on version 8.1 of Windows.
I recently noticed that a proprietary app (by Canon) can see a bigger thumbnail size (56 mm wide), but only from within a "File>Open" dialog box. So it must be possible. Presumably this is what the native "Extra Large icons" view is supposed to look like.
How can I fix this in native Windows, please? I know there are workarounds like changing the scaling factor or by using external apps to view thumbnails, but I'm tired of the extra overhead.
Graphics card specs below:
System Information
Operating System: Windows 10 Home Single Language 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release_sec.151104-1948)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 20266
BIOS: 76CN38WW
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8104MB RAM
Page File: 2873MB used, 7151MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 192 DPI (200 percent)
System DPI Setting: 240 DPI (250 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Enabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode
DxDiag Notes
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Display Devices
Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A16&SUBSYS_397817AA&REV_09
Display Memory: 4164 MB
Dedicated Memory: 112 MB
Shared Memory: 4052 MB
Current Mode: 3200 x 1800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: SDC424A
Native Mode: 3200 x 1800(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: igdumdim64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igd12umd64.dll,
igdumdim32,igd10iumd32,igd10iumd32,igd12umd32
Driver File Version: 10.18.0015.4240 (English)
Driver Version: 10.18.15.4240
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 11.1,11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 2.0
Graphics Preemption: Primitive
Compute Preemption: Thread group
Miracast: Supported
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Integrated
Power P-states: Not Supported
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 16/06/2015 00:00:00, 36603096 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-4956-11CF-8A64-7719B4C2C735}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x0A16
SubSys ID: 0x397817AA
Revision ID: 0x0009
Driver Strong Name: oem102.inf:5f63e5341cc65b69:iHSWM_w10:10.18.15.4240:pci\ven_8086&dev_0a16&subsys_397817aa
Rank Of Driver: 00D10001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_C
DXVA2 Modes: <snip>
System Devices
Name: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A16&SUBSYS_397817AA&REV_09\3&11583659&0&10
