DOS Aspect Ratio with XP

[seacue]

I am searching for the improbable. I have some DOS programs which run happily on XP. The trouble is that I've progressed to a wide-screen monitor and the full-screen image is stretched horizontally to be "full screen". I'd much rather keep the 4x3 aspect ratio.

Other than DOSbox (with its severe performance effects) can anyone suggest a way to retain the 4x3 aspect ratio. I also tried TameDOS, but the display was a mess.

Thank you all,

seacue/bob

[Helix Von Smelix]

left click on the "DOS" logo in the top left corner of the DOS box. Go to properties. You may find what you're after in there.

[Saab Dastard]

You might find a work-around using nVidia desktop manager or equivalent. Set up a shortcut to re-size your desktop to run your full-screen DOS app, then return to original settings.

SD

[Simonta]

Hi Seacue

You could create a batch file to launch the program and surround it with command lines to change the screen resolution. There are loads floating around, here's one:

ResChange 2.10 - Change resolution temporarily or permanently with command line switches (http://www.softhypermarket.com/ResChange-download_23474.html)

Pressing ALT-ENTER in a command prompt will switch between full screen and windowed.

Cheers

Simon

[bnt]

Can't you do something with the monitor settings? In my case my monitor is also a TV, so it has aspect ratio settings.

[seacue]

Thank you all for the suggests. I haven't hit on a proper solution yet, but I appreciate the list of other things to try.