Display Changer 4.1.4

Display Changer 4.1.4 is such a useful tool which is designed to help users with display resolution.

This application can change your desktop width, height, color depth, and refresh rate temporarily or permanently (via command line switches). It also supports multi-monitor configurations. You can have Display Changer run another application in a specific display resolution and return to the previous resolution when the application finishes.

DC can also re-arrange monitors in a multiple monitor configuration. The command line switches let you alter only certain dimensions and choose the best refresh rate (or a specific one). Running reschange.exe without any switches displays usage information.

Major Features:

1. Does not apply new settings. Reports if the settings are valid or not.
2. Eliminates any output the application would normally make.
3. Try applying the settings even though Windows doesn't list them as available.
4. Indicates there will be further calls to specify settings for additional monitors. That also means the settings will be permanent—stored in the Registry (until you change them again). You need to use this switch when repositioning multiple monitors.
5. Indicates there are no further calls and that all settings should be committed.
6. Discards any settings stored with -more (before -apply is used). This can be useful when you're experimenting and change your mind about some settings.
7. Display a list of your current monitors, including the monitor name (e.g., "Dell 2007FP (Digital)"), display name (e.g., "\.DISPLAY1"), and current resolution and position. You can use the friendly name as long as it's unique among your monitors, but if your monitors are all the same model, you will need to use the device name. It will also display the word "primary" if the monitor is the main display.
8. Specify which monitor to operate on. (If none is specified, the primary monitor is used.) Please note that this switch cannot be used to control where the application appears—that's something only the application can decide.
9. Display all available resolutions (width, height, color depth, and frequency). You can use the -width, -height, -depth, and -refresh switches to constrain the list to only those resolutions that match the specified value.
10. Set the width of the specified monitor. If you don't specify a value, it uses the specified monitor's current value, so you almost always need to specify the height as well. If you pass "max" as the value, it will select the largest value that also matches the other settings you specify.
11. Set the height of the specified monitor. If you don't specify a value, it uses the specified monitor's current value, so you almost always need to specify the width as well. If you pass "max" as the value, it will select the largest value that also matches the other settings you specify.
12. Set the color depth of the specified monitor. If you don't specify a value, it uses the specified monitor's current value. If you pass "max" as the value, it will select the largest value that also matches the other settings you specify.
13. Set the refresh rate (display frequency) of the specified monitor. If you don't specify a value, it uses the specified monitor's current value. If you pass "max" as the value, it will select the largest value that also matches the other settings you specify.
14. Set the monitor to use an interlaced resolution. (This switch may not work as Microsoft has labeled it "invalid.")
15. If your display supports this, it will rotate the display to the specified orientation.
    
16. Remove the specified monitor from the display configuration. (Add a new monitor to the configuration with the -primary or -secondary switches.)
17. Make the specified monitor the primary monitor. (You will also need to use the -more switch to either detach the primary monitor or re-position it.)
18. Make the primary monitor a secondary monitor. (A secondary monitor is one that isn't primary; even the third or fourth monitors are secondary.) When making a monitor secondary (i.e., not primary), you will almost certainly also have to specify its new position (relative to the new primary monitor), using one of the below switches.
19. Position the specified monitor on the specified side of the primary monitor. (This is a faster and easier way to position a monitor.) Alternatively, you can use the -lx and -ty switches.
20. Position the specified monitor so its left side is at this x-coordinate (relative to the primary monitor). (Note that at least one pixel must be adjacent to another monitor for this to work.)
21. Position the specified monitor so its top side is at this y-coordinate (relative to the primary monitor). (Note that at least one pixel must be adjacent to another monitor for this to work.)

Requirements: run on Microsoft^® Windows^® Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), XP Home and Professional (32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit).

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