# The window size I request is not used; instead, a scaled one is used

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**Created:** [November 17, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/the-window-size-i-request-is-not-used-instead-a-scaled-one-is-used/956 "2017-11-17T17:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul.houx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/paul.houx/32/31_2.png) [@paul.houx](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/paul.houx)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/the-window-size-i-request-is-not-used-instead-a-scaled-one-is-used/956/4 "2017-11-18T15:41:59Z")

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Make sure you enable “High DPI Aware” in your project manifest. This should take care of most problems related to desktop scaling. See also [this old post by Shawn Lipowski](https://forum.libcinder.org/topic/windos-8-1-disable-display-scaling#23286000002431065).

Look for the setting in your Options window. It may look slightly different, depending on the version of Visual Studio you use.

 ![hdpi_aware](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/libcinder/original/1X/0b66d80de520c5864d3bc0308c7358bdd911b060.png)

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