Orchestrator Client and 4K display scaling

This recipe shows a hack to make the Orchestrator Client scale on 4K displays.

Getting ready

We need to download the program Resource Tuner ( http://www.restuner.com/ ). The trial version will work, however, consider buying it if it works for you.

You need to know the path to your Java installation, it should be something like this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.x.xx\bin\.

How to do it...

Before you start....

Tip

Please be careful as this impacts your whole Java environment. This worked very well for me with Java 1.8.0_91-b14.

1. Download and install Resource Tuner.

2. Run Resource Tuner as administrator.

3. Open the file javaws.exe in your Java directory.

4. Expand manifest and then click on the first entry (the name can change due to localization).

5. Look for the line <dpiAware>true</dpiAware>.

6. Exchange the true for a false

7. Save and exit.

8. Repeat the same for all the other java*.exe in the same directory as well as j2launcher.exe.

   

9. Start the Client.jnlp (the file that downloads when you start the web application).

How it works...

In Windows 10 you can set the scaling of applications when you are using high definition monitors (4K displays).

What you are doing is telling Java that it is not DPI aware, meaning that it will use the Windows 10 default scaler, instead of an internal scaler.

There's more...

For any other application, such as Snagit or Photoshop, I found that this solution works quite well:

http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dp .