Valentin Radu valinet

Fix Task Manager blurriness on different DPI monitors in Windows 10

Task Manager on Windows 10 is blurry on secondary monitors if they have a different DPI from the primary monitor. This is because Task Manager is only PROCESS_SYSTEM_DPI_AWARE, despite being a relatively new application (a new Task Manager was introduced in Windows 8). This can be confirmed by using a tool such as Resource Hacker and checking the manifest file for this:

<asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
    <dpiAware>true</dpiAware>
    <autoElevate>true</autoElevate>
</asmv3:windowsSettings>

Case study: Get dark command windows all the time in Windows

TL;DR

Make a copy conhost.exe from System32.
Open it with a hex editor (I use HxD).
In HxD, go to Search - Find - Hex-values.
Search for 881d9e530a004885c07477ff15b32e08009084c0.
In Windows 10 version 2004, replace ff15b32e0800 with 909090909090. If using Windows 10 version 20H2, replace ff15b32e08009084 with 9090909090909090.
Save file and copy it back to System32 (take ownership of original conhost.exe in order to replace it).
Profit!

Welcome to my Git repo. Bellow you can find a list of projects I am working on, sorted chronologically by date of last 'commit':

EtherCard-MDNS - Simple multicast DNS name resolution and service discovery library for EtherCard library that works with the ENC28J60 module.
homepi+ - homepi+ is an Arduino based implementation of a home control system. . It interfaces and communicates with various hardware devices in order to provide a single point of control for all of them. It is used to control all the electric and electronic equipment in my study room, from light fixtures to computers and laptops. The user interacts with the service using a simple web application which is accessible from any device which has a browser, so pretty much any modern smart device, and can control it not only from the local network, but also from the larger Internet using a robust and secure security mechanism.
[homepi-android-client](htt

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
	<settings pass="windowsPE">
	<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<UserData>
	<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
	</UserData>
	</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="oobeSystem">

	echo Y\|del %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations\*
	rem Start Firefox
	"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
	rem Uninstall Photos
	powershell -command "Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos \| Remove-AppxPackage"
	rem Set region to Romania, regional format to Romania, add Romanian keyboard
	powershell -command Set-Culture -CultureInfo ro-RO
	powershell -command Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoId 0xc8
	powershell -command "$langs = Get-WinUserLanguageList; $langs.Add(\"ro-RO\"); Set-WinUserLanguageList $langs -Force"
	powershell -command "Set-TimeZone -Id \"GTB Standard Time\" -PassThru"

	##########
	# Win10 Initial Setup Script
	# Author: Disassembler <disassembler@dasm.cz>
	# Version: 1.4, 2016-01-16
	##########

	# Ask for elevated permissions if required
	If (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]"Administrator")) {
	Start-Process powershell.exe "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs
	Exit

	// Send toast notifications in Windows 10, using Windows Runtime,
	// without any language projection, in PLAIN C
	// Copyright (c) 2021 Valentin - Gabriel Radu
	//
	// MIT License
	// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	// of this softwareand associated documentation files(the "Software"), to deal
	// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
	// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and /or sell
	// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

	# Set Thunderbird as the foreground application in Windows, no matter what
	# Copyright (c) 2020 Valentin-Gabriel Radu
	#
	# MIT License
	# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
	# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
	# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
	# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
	# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

	// ==UserScript==
	// @name menubar on bottom
	// @include main
	// @author valinet
	// ==/UserScript==

	UC.menubarbottom = {

	resize: function() {
	var elem = document.getElementById("TabsToolbar").getElementsByClassName("toolbar-items")[0];

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
	<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
	<key>ACPI</key>
	<dict>
	<key>Add</key>
	<array>
	<dict>
	<key>Comment</key>