Some people despise the “stretch”. \u00a0This stretching occurs on newer screens that normally have an aspect ratio of 16:9 or 16:10 and are set to a 4:3 aspect ratio display resolution (i.e. 1024 x 768). \u00a0In some cases setting the 4:3 ratio resolution is required for an\u00a0antiquated\u00a0application’s<\/em> view ability. \u00a0Setting this via a script is not a simple task, because by Default the Intel Graphic’s driver stretches the screen to fit the panel. \u00a0If you are the type that hates stretching and want to maintain the aspect ratio<\/strong>, then this script is for you:<\/p>\n

ForceAspectRatio.vbs<\/strong> contents:<\/p>\n

Script was tested in Win 7 x64, with the Intel Graphics 4000, Driver version 10.18.10.3308.<\/em><\/p>\n

Const cHKLM = &H80000002\r\nSet oReg=GetObject(\"winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\\\.\\root\\default:StdRegProv\")\r\nSet oShell = CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\")\r\n\r\nsKeyPath = \"SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\GraphicsDrivers\\Configuration\"\r\noReg.EnumKey cHKLM, sKeyPath, aSubKeys\r\n\r\nIf Not (isnull(aSubKeys)) Then\r\n\tFor Each sSubkey In aSubKeys\r\n\t\tsTmpValueName = \"HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\GraphicsDrivers\\Configuration\\\" & sSubKey & \"\\00\\00\\Scaling\"\r\n\t\tWscript.Echo \"Attempting to write 4 value to: \"\"\" & sTmpValueName & \"\"\"\"\r\n\t\toShell.RegWrite sTmpValueName, 4, \"REG_DWORD\"\r\n\t    If Err.Number <> 0 Then\r\n\t\t\tWScript.Echo \"Write failed with errors: \" & Err.Number\r\n\t    Else\r\n\t\t\tWScript.Echo \"Write succedded.\"\r\n\t    End If\t \r\n\tNext\r\nEnd If<\/pre>\n
This block of code enumerates through all of the GraphicsDrivers configurations updating the “Scaling” DWORD value to “4”, which translates to “Maintain Aspect Ratio”. \u00a0Once set, I can change the resolution via the “qres.exe” command line utility to what ever resolution I want and the aspect ratio will be maintained.<\/p>\n
cscript \"%~dp0ForceAspectRatio.vbs\"\r\nstart \/w \"\" \"%~dp0QRes.exe\" \/X 1024 \/Y 768 \/c 32<\/pre>\n
Full download can be grabbed here<\/a>, which includes the qres.exe, the script, and the batch to call the script.<\/p>\n
In case your interested, I found this registry key and value by changing the setting in the Intel Graphics GUI (comes with Driver Installation), and monitoring the “RegSetValue” operation in Process Monitor<\/a>\u00a0using a filter (see below).<\/span><\/p>\n
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