Hi all,

I just installed FSX Steam version for the first time. The main menu is displaying super tiny, basically unreadable. I have to use the magnifier just to read it.

I have a notebook computer that can easily run the sim in the max settings. I have adjusted the resolution within the sim to no effect. The sim itself appears to be working at the correct resolution when I start the first training mission.

Any ideas on what might be going wrong here or how to resolve?

BTW, I started this post a couple of days ago and got deleted for selecting a poor username. Sorry about that!

What resolution are you running your PC at?  Sim resolution should always be the same as desktop resolution.

4 hours ago, Dazkent said:

What resolution are you running your PC at?  Sim resolution should always be the same as desktop resolution.

PC is running at 3840 x 2160.

Sim is running at 3840 x 2160.

@cfit, some Windows applications were designed for 1920*1080. I use one myself and the interface is very small. The best solution is to use Nvidia control panel to switch to 1920*1080 to get through that interface into FSX.

Then try setting an internal resolution of 3840*2160 in FSX.

If that doesn’t work you’ll have to run at 1920*1080. You’d be better switching to P3D which will solve the problem and will give much better performance.

Open the fsx.exe properties tab and set it like this:

Then you will see this: 

Instead of this:  ( this is 2k but the effect will be the same).

6 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

@cfit, some Windows applications were designed for 1920*1080. I use one myself and the interface is very small. The best solution is to use Nvidia control panel to switch to 1920*1080 to get through that interface into FSX.

Then try setting an internal resolution of 3840*2160 in FSX.

If that doesn’t work you’ll have to run at 1920*1080. You’d be better switching to P3D which will solve the problem and will give much better performance.

Awesome! That worked out just fine. Thank you for your help. Glad I found this community.

Glad you got it sorted, happy flying 🙂

Hi all, 

Sorry to open this topic. I am running FSX on Windows 11 for Arm (Macbook M3 Pro). Your fix worked partially, because once I go into a flight and come back the menu becomes tiny again and I get a warning that compatibility settings have been applied. When I go back to the properties, High DPI scaling override gets a checkmark again.

On 7/3/2024 at 6:34 PM, alexandros04 said:

Hi all, 

Sorry to open this topic. I am running FSX on Windows 11 for Arm (Macbook M3 Pro). Your fix worked partially, because once I go into a flight and come back the menu becomes tiny again and I get a warning that compatibility settings have been applied. When I go back to the properties, High DPI scaling override gets a checkmark again.

Yes same here. I set DPI up in fsx.exe properties. It works at first, then it reverts back to small after flight.