Do you find yourself changing your monitor resolution several times a day?  If so, you might similar this handy way to set a keyboard shortcut for your most-used resolutions.

Most users rarely take to change their screen resolution often, every bit LCD monitors usually only look best at their native resolution.  But netbooks present a unique situation, as their native resolution is unremarkably simply 1024×600.  Some newer netbooks offer college resolutions which may not looks every bit crisp every bit the native resolution but can be handy for using a program that expects a higher resolution.  This is the perfect situation for a keyboard shortcut to aid you lot modify the resolution without having to hassle with dialogs and menus each time, and HRC – HotKey Resolution Changer makes it easy to do.

Create Keyboard Shortcuts

Download the HRC – HotKey Resolution Changer (link below), unzip, so run HRC.exe in the folder.

This volition outset a tray icon, and will not automatically open the HRC window.  Yous don't accept to install HRC.  Double-click the tray icon to open information technology.

Note: Windows seven automatically hides new tray icons, then if you can't see it, click the arrow to encounter the hidden tray icons.

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Past default, HRC volition show 2 entries with your default resolutions, color depth, and refresh rate.

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Add a keyboard shortcut by clicking the Change push over the resolution.  Press the keyboard shortcut you want to printing to switch to that resolution; we entered Ctrl+Alt+1 for our default resolution.  Make sure not to apply a keyboard shortcut you use in another awarding, every bit this volition override it.  Click Set when yous've entered the hotkey(s) you want.

At present, on the second entry, select the resolution yous desire for your alternating resolution.  The drib-down list will only bear witness your monitor'due south supported resolutions, so you lot don't have to worry near choosing an wrong resolution.  You lot can also set a different color depth or refresh rate for this resolution.  Now add a keyboard shortcut for this resolution as well.

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You can set up keyboard shortcuts for up to ix different resolutions with HRC.  Click the Select number of HotKeys push on the left, and choose the number of resolutions you want to ready.  Here we accept unique keyboard shortcuts for our three most-used resolutions on our netbook.

HRC must be kept running to employ the keyboard shortcuts, so click the Minimize to tray icon which is the second icon to the right.  This will proceed it running in the tray.

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If you want to be able to change your resolution anytime, yous'll want HRC to automatically start with Windows.  Create a shortcut to HRC, and paste it into your Windows startup folder.  Yous can hands open this folder by entering the following in the Run control or in the address bar in Explorer:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Carte\Programs\Startup

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Conclusion

HRC- HotKey Resolution Changer gives you lot a great manner to apace change your screen resolution with a keyboard shortcut.  Whether or not you love keyboard shortcuts, this is nevertheless a much easier mode to switch between your virtually normally used resolutions.

Download HRC – HotKey Resolution Changer