Windows 10 and FilePro desktop icon properties

[Richard Kreiss]

This type of problem, based on screen resolution, will occur more and more in the future.  The resolution of the 4K monitors creates a situation where font size on the desktop will have to be increased especially on the smaller 27"-30"  monitors.  Anything smaller than that will not be readable.  I have been looking in these monitors for photo editing and the suggested screen size is 40" to allow for a reasonable font size.  As I am currently using a pair of 23" monitors, a single 40" will take up less space on my work area.

That 40" 4K monitor costs about the same price as my first 17" color tube monitor.  

One issue I have found with Windows 10 and server 2012 is that the filePro supplied icons do not display on the desktop.  They do display in the upper left of the window along with the privilege level and the shortcut name.

Richard Kreiss


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Richard Veith
> via Filepro-list
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:28 AM
> To: 'ernieb59' <ernieb59 at gmail.com>; Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: Windows 10 and FilePro desktop icon properties
> 
> Ernie,
> 
>     Thanks but that did not work for me.  Instead, I eventually found the Options
> tab in the Properties window with an option for "Use Legacy
> Console".   I checked that box, and then it worked as did under Windows 7.
> 
> Rich
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ernieb59 [mailto:ernieb59 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:18 AM
> To: 'Richard Veith' <Richard.Veith at SMRresearch.com>
> Subject: RE: Windows 10 and FilePro desktop icon properties
> 
> Right click - properties.
> Select 'font' and change to Lucida console and try 24 as the size.
> Change screen layout to 80 X 25.
> That should be all you need to do.
> You can adjust the window size by changing the font size.
> 
> Ernie
> 
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+ernieb59=gmail.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Richard
> Veith via Filepro-list
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:41 AM
> To: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Windows 10 and FilePro desktop icon properties
> 
> Hi,
> 
>    I just moved to Windows 10, and I think I need to adjust some properties in
> the desktop icon for the shortcut to FilePro.  Here is the situation after
> switching to Windows 10:  (1) when I click on the desktop icon, FilePro opens in
> full screen mode and displays properly; (2) if I want FilePro in just a window (as
> I did under Windows 7), rather than occupying the full screen, I can try clicking
> on the Windows "restore down" icon but the result is an unusable display -
> there are blank black rows between every real row of text, and the entire
> FilePro menu screen cannot be seen at the same time, nor will scrolling get to
> all parts of it; (3) if I start a DOS command window first, then execute
> fulldev.bat, everything is pretty much back to normal, and I am okay.  I can
> work with FilePro in a window, and not have it covering the entire screen.
> 
> 
> 
>   So that led me to think that there must be some property setting(s) in the
> desktop icon for the shortcut to FilePro that need(s) to be changed for Windows
> 10, but after trying a few things unsuccessfully, I decided to find
> out if anybody else has already run into this.   I don't know if this
> matters, but when installing Windows 10 , I opted to NOT use the express
> settings, and instead took the 'custom' route and pretty much declined all the
> things Microsoft wanted to do to supposedly make my life easier.
> 
> 
> 
> Rich
> 
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