I think I need a higher screen resolution than 1024x768 for Poser, but not for much else.

Are there any utilities that will change resolution on the fly on a per-application basis? I have an old utility called QRes that works under Win9x/ME, but not on XP.

Any suggestions?

I do know there is one, but it's on my PC at home and I don't recall what it's called off the top of my head. I'll try to remember to check it tonight and get back to you if you're still in need then. What the one I found does though is you create a new shortcut for the program, so it'll run that program at the resolution you want. I've only used it to go smaller for some of my kid's games which want 800x600 or 640x480, but I'd think you could go up as well. John

John

It's just a few mouse clicks: right click the desktop, left click "properties", left click "settings", and move the little "Screen resolution" arrow to the desired setting. Click "OK". Takes about 5 seconds when you get used to it. Note: I'm using winXP right now but I believe winME works the same way.

He's looking for a way to have it set to one resolution automatically for a specific application I believe. yes you can do that (ie reset it each time) but there are apps that do what he wants.

John

Yes, I realize that. Depending on his video board there are applications that reside in the system tray to right click and change resolution (ATI comes to mind). I still feel its good to learn how to change your screen resolution "manually" and it takes just a few seconds. Now Qres is available here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/qres.html It's a command line program (at least that's what the description says) so I guess one could make a batch file that would launch it to change the resolution. One batch file that calls Qres and then Poser, another to "cleanup afterwards. Seems a waste since the method I mentioned is probably as quick anyway.

Okay, I had some time, so I downloaded Qres and made a small batch file as follows: c:downloadqres /x:1400 "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6poser.exe" c:downloadqres /x:1024 1) Change the path in the first and third lines to match the path on your computer where you unzipped qres. 2) If your Poser exe is in a different location than mine is (line 2) change it to your path (make sure you use the double quotes.) 3) Save the file as something like myposer.bat and then right click your desktop and select "new" and then "shortcut". Browse to the location you save your batch file and select it. Finish the creation process and you should have a batch file that will change your screen resolution to what you specified in line 1, launch poser, and then change the resolution back to what you specified in line 3. Note that you have to know what resolutions your video board and monitor support.

If I remember correctly, QUICKRES.EXE came with the Windows 95 Power Toys. Entering 'Windows 95 Power Toys' in a search engin should turn up some download sights.

Attached Link: http://qres.sourceforge.net/

The program I was after has been updated, and released on Sourceforge as open-source.

For those who are interested, here's a shot of what it does - adds a tab to shortcuts so that you can automate screen resizing as the program starts, and restore your default size when it finishes.

Looks like a different program to jfike's, by the way.

Message edited on: 04/05/2005 19:10

steerpike Yes, that's much better. I did a Google search and the Qres I found was a (older) command line version.