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Old 15th Nov 2007, 10:53
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Saab Dastard
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CS,

All you need are 2 files, Resswitch.exe and reslist.exe. Both of these are in the "Release" folder.

Copy these to a convenient location - e.g. C: \myfolder, or Programfiles\Resswitch.

Now open a cmd window (Run, Cmd). Type C: \myfolder\reslist.exe to see all the supported graphics modes for YOUR card - these will probably scroll very fast, but you can just use the slider bar to see further up the list. Or use the > function to pipe the output to a text file e.g. reslist.exe > c: \myfolder\reslist.txt

Make a note of the format of the 2 resolutions you want, e.g.

1280 1024 32 60 and 1024 768 32 60. Note that the numbers are the H-res, V-res, colour depth and refresh rate.

You should check your current refresh rate and colour depth before making any changes.

Now create a text file in C: \myfolder called 1024.bat - the content will be one line:

C: \myfolder\resswitch.exe 1024 768 32 60

(the precise statement depends on your settings and requirements). Now create another file called 1280.bat, with similar settings, but 1280 1024 32 60 as the parameters.

Finally, create a desktop shortcut for each batch (.bat) file.

Now you should just be able to click and change!

Yes, you could create a more sophisticate script file that gave you a choice of resolutions (press 1 for 1024, press 2 for 1280, etc.), but I really didn't feel up to explaining that...

SD
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