Change Display Settings

Changes display settings in Windows from Powershell or .Net tool.

Usage

Powershell

Install

Import-Module set-display-resolution.psm1

Usage:

Set-DisplayResolution(1024,768,CDSFlags.SetPrimary);

write-host Get-DisplayResolution()

.Net Tool

Install:

dotnet tool install --global ChangeDisplaySettings

Usage:

ChangeDisplaySettings -w 1024 -h 768

...

ChangeDisplaySettings --help

...

  -w, --width     Required. Width of the screen

  -h, --height    Required. Height of the screen

  -t, --test      (Default: false) Test resolution change or actually perform the change.

  --help          Display this help screen.

  --version       Display version information.

Resources

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-changedisplaysettingsa
• https://github.com/tpn/winsdk-10/blob/9b69fd26ac0c7d0b83d378dba01080e93349c2ed/Include/10.0.10240.0/um/WinUser.h#L12522
• https://github.com/tpn/winsdk-10/blob/9b69fd26ac0c7d0b83d378dba01080e93349c2ed/Include/10.0.10240.0/um/wingdi.h#L2315
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/use-powershell-to-interact-with-the-windows-api-part-1/