How to Create Desktop Shortcuts That Change the Screen Resolution in Windows 11
Lowering the screen resolution can improve frame rates in games. Some players like to adjust the resolution for certain games to boost their FPS (frames-per-second) rates. Games may not look as good, but some play better at lower resolutions.
That’s one reason some users need to regularly change the resolution setting in Windows 11. Users must seemingly bring up the display options in Settings whenever they need to change resolution. However, there is a way it’s possible to set up desktop shortcuts for changing the screen resolution in Windows 11.
How to Change Resolution in the Command Prompt for Our Shortcut
If the Command Prompt supports a specific command, you can set it up as a desktop shortcut. QRes is a third-party command-line tool that enables users to set the screen resolution in the Command Prompt.
As such, downloading QRes will enable you to create desktop shortcuts for changing the screen resolution. You canchange the resolutionin the Command Prompt with QRes like this:
you could set your screen to whatever resolution you like by including different values in the above command. Thex:value specifies a resolution width and they:is for the height. Some users with 4K or QHD monitors may prefer to lower the resolution to full HD for some games by inputting this command:
Resolution isn’t the only display setting you can change with QRes. That command-line tool also enables you to change color depth and refresh rate settings. Here are some examples of QRes commands:
The first command will change the color depth to 24 bit. Ther command switch sets the refresh rate to 80Hz; entering the /s command shows your PC’s current display settings. You can view a list of command switches for QRes by enteringQRes.exein the Command Prompt.
How to Create a Desktop Shortcut for Changing the Screen Resolution
QRes also enables you to set up batch files for changing the resolution. When you’ve created a batch script for changing resolution, you could add a shortcut for that file to the desktop. This is how you can set up a batch file desktop shortcut that changes the resolution:
That batch file script will work so long as you extracted QRes to your user Downloads folder, as instructed in step five for changing the resolution in the Command Prompt. If you didn’t extract it to that folder, you’ll need to edit the script above to include the full path (plus the Qres.exe file) of your extracted QRes directory. you could also change thex:andy:values in that script file to whatever supported resolution you want the desktop shortcut to set.
How to Assign a Keyboard Shortcut to the Screen Resolution Shortcut
When you’ve got a working desktop shortcut for setting a screen resolution, you can go further by turning it into a hotkey. Then you’ll be able to change the screen resolution by pressing a handy key combination. You canestablish a hotkeythat changes the resolution with the following steps:
Now you can press theCtrl+Alt+Rhotkey (or whatever one you set) to change the screen resolution whenever needed. That hotkey will run the batch file shortcut you assigned it to, which will set the resolution specified in its script. Erasing the batch file’s desktop shortcut will also delete the hotkey you added to it.
Set Your Screen Resolution With QRes and Handy Desktop Shortcuts
QRes is a handy command-line utility for changing resolution and other display settings. The desktop shortcuts for changing screen resolutions you may set up with QRes scripts alone make it a useful tool. Those shortcuts will provide direct access to specific resolution settings whenever you need to change display pixel dimensions in Windows 11.
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