Merge pull request #10555 from TerryGLee/tglee-patch129

remove the Registry Entry section

Author: Stacyrch140

docs/designers/disable-dpi-awareness.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Disable DPI-awareness for scaling in forms
 description: Fix scaling issues with Windows Forms Designer on HDPI monitors.
-ms.date: 10/20/2022
+ms.date: 10/31/2022
 author: TerryGLee
 ms.author: tglee
 manager: jmartens
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ ms.custon: contperf-fy22q2
 
  [!INCLUDE [Visual Studio](~/includes/applies-to-version/vs-windows-only.md)]
 
-In this article, you'll learn the limitations of Windows Forms Designer on HDPI monitors and [how to run Visual Studio as a DPI-unaware process](#resolve-hdpi-display-problems).
+In this article, you'll learn about the limitations of Windows Forms Designer on HDPI monitors and [how to run Visual Studio as a DPI-unaware process](#resolve-hdpi-display-problems).
 
-Visual Studio is a dots per inch (DPI) aware application, which means the display scales automatically. If an application states that it's not DPI-aware, the operating system scales the application as a bitmap. This behavior is also called DPI virtualization. The application still thinks that it's running at 100% scaling, or 96 dpi.
+Visual Studio is a dots per inch (DPI) aware application, which means the display scales automatically. If an application states that it's not DPI-aware, the operating system scales the application as a bitmap. This behavior is also called DPI virtualization. The application still thinks that it's running at 100% scaling, or 96 DPI.
 
 You can also:
 + [Automatically scale in Windows Forms](/dotnet/framework/winforms/automatic-scaling-in-windows-forms)
@@ -27,81 +27,69 @@ Since the **Windows Forms Designer** in Visual Studio doesn't have scaling suppo
 
 ![Windows Forms Designer on HDPI monitor](./media/win-forms-designer-hdpi-1.gif)
 
-If you aren't working in the designer and don't need to adjust the layout of your form, you can ignore the informational bar and continue working in the code editor or in other types of designers. (You can also [disable notifications](#disable-notifications) so that the informational bar doesn't continue to appear.) Only the **Windows Forms Designer** is affected.
+### Use the information bar
 
-When you open a form in the **Windows Forms Designer** on an HDPI monitor, Visual Studio displays an informational bar.
-
-:::image type="content" source="media/scaling-gold-bar-message-1.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the informational bar in Visual Studio to restart in DPI-unaware mode.":::
+When you open a form in the **Windows Forms Designer** on an HDPI monitor, Visual Studio displays an information bar.
 
+:::image type="content" source="media/scaling-gold-bar-message-1.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the information bar in Visual Studio to restart in DPI-unaware mode.":::
 
+If you aren't working in the designer and don't need to adjust the layout of your form, you can ignore the information bar and continue working in the code editor or in other types of designers. (You can also [disable notifications](#disable-notifications) so that the information bar doesn't continue to appear.) Only the **Windows Forms Designer** is affected.
 
 > [!TIP]
-> If you've closed the informational bar at the top of the designer, but you still want to replicate the behavior of the link that says **Restart Visual Studio with 100% scaling**, you still can. Select **Tools** > **Command Line** > **Developer Command Prompt** from the Visual Studio menu bar. Then, enter `devenv /noScale`.
+> If you've closed the information bar but you still want restart Visual Studio with 100% scaling, you can. [Use the DevEnv.exe tool](#use-the-devenvexe-tool) to do so.
 
 ## Resolve HDPI display problems
 
-There are three options to resolve the display problem:
+There are several options to resolve the display problem:
 
 - [Restart Visual Studio as a DPI-unaware process](#restart-visual-studio-as-a-dpi-unaware-process)
-- [Add a registry entry](#add-a-registry-entry)
+<!-- - [Add a registry entry](#add-a-registry-entry) -->
 - [Set your display scaling setting to 100%](#set-your-display-scaling-setting-to-100)
-
-> [!TIP]
-> If you prefer to manage settings from the command line, [`devenv.exe`](../ide/reference/devenv-command-line-switches.md) takes `/noscale` as a command-line parameter to run in 100% scaling mode.
+- [Use the DevEnv.exe tool](#use-the-devenvexe-tool)
 
 ### Restart Visual Studio as a DPI-unaware process
 
-The preferred solution to this issue is to restart Visual Studio as a DPI-unaware process. Do so by selecting the option on the yellow informational bar.
+The preferred solution to this issue is to restart Visual Studio as a DPI-unaware process. Do so by selecting the option on the yellow information bar.
 
-When Visual Studio runs as a DPI-unaware process, the designer layout issues are resolved, but fonts may appear blurry and you may see issues in other designers such as the **XAML Designer**.. Visual Studio displays a different yellow informational message when it runs as a DPI-unaware process that says **Visual Studio is running as a DPI-unaware process. WPF and XAML designers might not display correctly.** The informational bar also provides an option to **Restart Visual Studio as a DPI-aware process**.
+When Visual Studio runs as a DPI-unaware process, the designer layout issues are resolved, but fonts may appear blurry and you may see issues in other designers such as the **XAML Designer**. Visual Studio displays a different yellow informational message when it runs as a DPI-unaware process that says **Visual Studio is running as a DPI-unaware process. WPF and XAML designers might not display correctly.** The informational bar also provides an option to **Restart Visual Studio as a DPI-aware process**.
 
 ::: moniker range="<=vs-2019"
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> - If you have undocked tool windows in Visual Studio when you select the option to restart as a DPI-unaware process, the position of the tool windows might change.
+> - If you have undocked [tool windows](../ide/customizing-window-layouts-in-visual-studio.md#tool-and-document-windows) in Visual Studio when you select the option to restart as a DPI-unaware process, the position of the tool windows might change.
 > - If you use the default Visual Basic profile, or if you have the **Save new projects when created** option deselected in **Tools** > **Options** > **Projects and Solutions**, Visual Studio cannot reopen your project when it restarts as a DPI-unaware process. However, you can open the project by selecting it under **File** > **Recent Projects and Solutions**.
 
 ::: moniker-end
 
 ::: moniker range=">=vs-2022"
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> - If you have undocked tool windows in Visual Studio when you select the option to restart as a DPI-unaware process, the position of the tool windows might change.
+> - If you have undocked [tool windows](../ide/customizing-window-layouts-in-visual-studio.md#tool-and-document-windows) in Visual Studio when you select the option to restart as a DPI-unaware process, the position of the tool windows might change.
 > - If you use the default Visual Basic profile, Visual Studio cannot reopen your project when it restarts as a DPI-unaware process. However, you can open the project by selecting it under **File** > **Recent Projects and Solutions**.
 
 ::: moniker-end
 
 It's important to restart Visual Studio as a DPI-aware process when you're finished working in the **Windows Forms Designer**. If you close and reopen Visual Studio when it's running in DPI-unaware mode, it becomes DPI-aware again. You can also select the **Restart Visual Studio as a DPI-aware process** option in the informational bar.
 
-### Add a registry entry
-
-As option two, you can mark Visual Studio as DPI-unaware by modifying the registry. Open **Registry Editor** and add an entry to the **HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers** subkey:
-
-**Entry**: Depending on whether you're using Visual Studio 2017, 2019, or 2022, use one of these values:
-
-- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
-- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
-- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> If you're using the Professional or Enterprise edition of Visual Studio, replace **Community** with **Professional** or **Enterprise** in the entry. Also replace the drive letter as necessary.
+### Set your display scaling setting to 100%
 
-**Type**: REG_SZ <br>
-**Value**: DPIUNAWARE
+A third option to resolving the issue is to set your display scaling setting to 100% in Windows 10, type **display settings** in the task bar search box, and then select **Change display settings**. In the **Settings** window, set **Change the size of text, apps, and other items** to **100%**.  However, setting your display scaling to 100% may be undesirable since it can make the user interface too small to be usable.
 
-Visual Studio remains in DPI-unaware mode until you remove the registry entry.
+### Use the DevEnv.exe tool
 
-### Set your display scaling setting to 100%
+If you prefer to manage settings from the command line, [`devenv.exe`](../ide/reference/devenv-command-line-switches.md) takes `/noscale` as a command-line parameter to run in 100% scaling mode. Here's how:
 
-A third option to resolving the issue is to set your display scaling setting to 100% in Windows 10, type **display settings** in the task bar search box, and then select **Change display settings**. In the **Settings** window, set **Change the size of text, apps, and other items** to **100%**.  However, setting your display scaling to 100% may be undesirable since it can make the user interface too small to be usable.
+1. Select **Tools** > **Command Line** > **Developer Command Prompt** from the Visual Studio menu bar.
+1. Then, enter `devenv /noScale`.
 
 ## Disable notifications
 
 You can choose not to be notified of DPI scaling issues in Visual Studio. You might want to disable notifications if you aren't working in the designer, for example.
 
 To disable notifications:
+
 1. Choose **Tools** > **Options** to open the **Options** dialog.
-2. In the **Options** dialog, choose **Windows Forms Designer** > **General**, and set **DPI Scaling Notifications** to **False**.
+1. In the **Options** dialog, choose **Windows Forms Designer** > **General**, and set **DPI Scaling Notifications** to **False**.
 
 If you want to later reenable scaling notifications, set the property to **True**.