{"id":1358,"date":"2016-09-13T23:35:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2024-06-08T20:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T10:26:10","slug":"sql-server-management-studio-res-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntsblog.homedev.com.au\/index.php\/2016\/09\/13\/sql-server-management-studio-res-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server Management Studio on Hi Res Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ntsbl-3609344985\" class=\"ntsbl-before-content ntsbl-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6288941070289539\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6288941070289539\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"9356781486\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The problem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You are using SSMS on one of these new wizbang hi res screens and all the dialogs are tiny and small and you cannot administer your SQL Server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Fix<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I found this somewhere on the internet and it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step1: Create the Ssms.exe.manifest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the following code and save into a file called, Ssms.exe.manifest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"xml\" class=\"language-xml line-numbers\">&lt;?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n\n&lt;assembly xmlns=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1\" manifestVersion=\"1.0\" xmlns:asmv3=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3\">\n\n&lt;dependency>\n  &lt;dependentAssembly>\n    &lt;assemblyIdentity type=\"win32\" name=\"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\" version=\"6.0.0.0\" processorArchitecture=\"*\" publicKeyToken=\"6595b64144ccf1df\" language=\"*\">\n    &lt;\/assemblyIdentity>\n  &lt;\/dependentAssembly>\n&lt;\/dependency>\n\n&lt;dependency>\n  &lt;dependentAssembly>\n    &lt;assemblyIdentity type=\"win32\" name=\"Microsoft.VC90.CRT\" version=\"9.0.21022.8\" processorArchitecture=\"amd64\" publicKeyToken=\"1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\">\n    &lt;\/assemblyIdentity>\n  &lt;\/dependentAssembly>\n&lt;\/dependency>\n\n&lt;trustInfo xmlns=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3\">\n  &lt;security>\n    &lt;requestedPrivileges>\n      &lt;requestedExecutionLevel level=\"asInvoker\" uiAccess=\"false\"\/>\n    &lt;\/requestedPrivileges>\n  &lt;\/security>\n&lt;\/trustInfo>\n\n&lt;asmv3:application>\n  &lt;asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns=\"http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/SMI\/2005\/WindowsSettings\">\n    &lt;ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware xmlns:ms_windowsSettings=\"http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/SMI\/2005\/WindowsSettings\">false&lt;\/ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware>\n  &lt;\/asmv3:windowsSettings>\n&lt;\/asmv3:application>\n\n&lt;\/assembly><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: copy this file<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the location where the ssms.exe lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do this by going to the properties of the shortcut to ssms, and choosing open file location, and it will take you to that location<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3 Update the registry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"\" class=\"\">Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\SideBySide]\n\"PreferExternalManifest\"=dword:00000001<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This can also be done by copying the above into a text file and save as SSMSUIFix.reg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saving as a .reg file allows you to double click and update that registry value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: run ssms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Run SSMS and sit back and marvel at how it sizes its dialogs 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