Fix screen issues in QuickBooks Desktop

QuickBooks is a highly recommended software for all small and medium-sized businesses. Sometimes, QuickBooks users face some issues while running with this software, like unnecessary delays or taking a long time to run all applications, which generally occurs due to the QuickBooks screen issue. In this article, you learn what to do if you see font problems, sizing issues, display or other screen issues in QuickBooks Desktop.

Symptoms of QuickBooks Desktop screen issues

There are some symptoms of QuickBooks Desktop font, sizing, or other display issues you must know about:

• When the transaction form does not apply to your system screen.
• Section overwriting and disappearance of the label.
• Large font size and the appearance of the distorted screen.
• On the open window, when you don’t find the sizing icons and buttons.

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Steps to Fix QuickBooks Desktop Screen Issues

Here you can go with the next thing to understand how to fix the screen issues such as font size, sizing, or any display) in QuickBooks Desktop.

Step 1: End Processor task

• First of all, restart your QuickBooks Desktop.
• Then go to the window start button and click on the Start menu.
• Write Task Manager in the search box and click on the Processes tab to view the running processes on your system.
• Then locate and find the process QuickBooks or .exe file.
• Then, open your QuickBooks and click on the End Processor task option.
• Throughout this process, if you are not able to view the QBW32.exe or 32-bit QuickBooks.

Step 2: Change the system display settings

• Firstly, stop all the running applications and close the QuickBooks desktop.
• The next step is to open the Windows start menu.
• Click on the search box and write QuickBooks.
• After that, scroll right-click on the QuickBooks icon and locate the location of the open folder location.
• Then, go to the open folder, click on the Quickbooks.exe file, and choose properties.
• The,n click on the compatibility tab and choose Disable display scaling from the drop-down options of the DPI setting.
• After that, hold your click on Change high DPI settings and then next click towards Override high DPI scaling behavior.
• Then go with the Apply option and click on OK.

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Step 3: Reset QuickBooks Preferences

• First of all, log into your QuickBooks and click on the Edit Menu, and choose Preferences.
• Then go to the list section and choose desktop view from the drop-down
• The next step is to click on the My Preferences tab and view the list.
• Choose One Window from the drop-down options of the list of My Preferences and click on OK.

After applying all these steps, restart your QuickBooks and open the company file. If you find some issues regarding QuickBooks Desktop Display then go with the next solution.

Step 4: Reset the settings of the window display setting

QuickBooks runs all the applications accurately with the settings of the default Windows DPI. To reset the new changes, you may face some display issues. New changes in the window settings affect all running programs on your PC and QuickBooks

• Follow the on-screen instructions and go with the new changes in the default display for Windows 10 and 8.
• Then, set your display settings at 1024 x 768 screen resolution and for the best display screen, prefer 1920 x 1080.
• Once you are done with the whole process, restart your system with the new settings.