I have just purchased a Windows 11 laptop. I find that Windows 11 is not that easy to find my way around, as it works a bit like an ipad, which I do not like.
I decided to migrate my old DrawPlus X6. It loaded okay and the drawing page is okay. Unfortunately the top and side toolbars are so small, they are almost impossible to read. I have searched all ways to increase the sizes of them, but have  failed. I have tried running the program in 'compatibility mode, but no luck. I wonder, have other people had the same problem and have they sorted it.

I don't know if this will help as I will not use Win 11 but it certainly does in Win 10.

The first link is to a FAQ regarding ClassicShell and the second is to the program itself.

http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewt … amp;t=8580

http://www.classicshell.net/

I have been using it to run Win 10 in Win 7 mode for a number of years without any problems.
I imagine if it does not alter the way Win 11 runs to your liking you can just uninstall it like any other program.

It may be irrelevant, but for what it's worth, DPX8 opens in my W10 installation with no problem regarding toolbar size. The icons look to be the same legacy size on my  5x4 19inch diagonal screen.

DPX8 addressed the ‘HiDPI’ problem, but DPX6 did not. I believe there’s a registry entry whose value can be changed to help with this, but I’m afraid I don’t know the details.

I decided to migrate my old DrawPlus X6. It loaded okay and the drawing page is okay. Unfortunately the top and side toolbars are so small, they are almost impossible to read. I have searched all ways to increase the sizes of them, but have  failed. I have tried running the program in 'compatibility mode, but no luck. I wonder, have other people had the same problem and have they sorted it.

I suspect that this is something to do with your display settings, rather than a problem with Windows 11 per se. Your shiny new machine probably has a higher resolution screen, and DPX6 isn’t ‘High DPI Aware’.