Photo Gallery slideshow full screen in Windows 8.1

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I don't recall whether the upgrade caused this, i.e., whether fullscreen was functional in Photo Gallery for Windows 8.0 slideshow. Either way, my question is whether or not fullscreen will be implemented in future versions of Photo Gallery slideshow for Windows 8.1 or whether I can do something at my end to activate it now. Apparently fullscreen was available in the Vista version judging from Web chatter but several sources say it is not implemented in Windows 8 and that the Windows Experience Index (WEI) must be above 4 something to allow the fullscreen option. Since the WEI was eliminated in Windows 8.1, I am wondering if that is the problem. My equipment is very new (Dell XPS 2720) with a large high resolution (2560 x 1440) screen. Photos viewed in Photo Gallery slideshow have a large black area to the right and black areas above and below and the photo is not centered. Perhaps it is not possible to implement a fullscreen version, but if that is the case, it should be at least mentioned. Since Photo Gallery has many other useful features, I hope there is something I am doing wrong.

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For anyone who is still trying, I found a simple solution!

I am a long time user of photo gallery and have a kind of love/hate relationship with it. I recently discovered this issue after upgrading from windows 7 to 10.

It took me about 30 minutes to find this solution, so unless this is not working for others and just for me, shame on you Microsoft (sorry, couldn't help myself)

So.... here goes:

Locate the Photo Gallery .exe file, in my case and most likely for anyone else:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLXPhotoGallery.exe

right click and select properties.
open compatibility tab
put a tick-mark in "disable display scaling on high DPI settings"
click apply
close properties

Now startup Photo Gallery and try a slideshow.

Please let me know if it worked for you, as it did for me.

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Anonymous

Thank You! Finally a solution that works. Why have Microsoft not publicised this?

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2013-11-07T02:11:14+00:00

Hello Tom and James,

Thank you for the information that you've provided. I have escalated your issue to our support specialist for further assistance on your inquiry. The issue will be given an update once an investigation has been made. Unfortunately, we cannot provide a time frame as to when an update will be given. Please check this thread from time to time or, click the Email update on the first post to receive an email whenever a reply has been made within this thread.

Your patience is highly appreciated on the matter.

Thank you.
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Anonymous

2013-11-06T23:33:22+00:00

Hi Glenda_A

Thanks so much for responding for my cry for help! As you know I have sent you a private reply, but for any other knowledgeable people out there who may be able to help, I am also responding here. I am submitting three images. Image (1) is the photo I'm using for an example. Image (2) is what should be a screen shot, but it doesn't look like what I see on the Slide Show screen. Proportion and location to screen is wrong. Image (3) is a photo of my computer screen with that photo displayed in Slide Show. Photo (1) is an unaltered photo from my camera approximately 4x6. In image (2) you can see the top and bottom of that photo has been cropped true to how it is displayed in Slide Show. The crop size of image (2)is approximately 16x9 or wide screen format.
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Anonymous

2013-11-06T07:18:44+00:00

Here is the screenshot:
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