{"id":110472,"date":"2024-11-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=110472"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T22:27:18","slug":"20241105-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20241105-00\/?p=110472","title":{"rendered":"What’s the difference between Display size and Screen size in the Windows 95 display control panel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Windows 95 display control panel, there was an option called “Desktop area”.<\/p>\n

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In the Windows 98 display control panel, there was an option called “Screen area”.<\/p>\n

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What’s the difference beteween “desktop area” and “screen area”?<\/p>\n

There’s no difference. They both control the monitor resolution.<\/p>\n

I suspect the name of the option changed because Windows 98 added support for multiple monitors. The desktop spans all monitors, but this setting controls a single monitor. This wasn’t a problem on Windows 95, which supported only a single monitor anyway, but it became incorrect when Windows 98 introduced support for multiple monitors.<\/p>\n

But wait, what about this?<\/p>\n

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What’s the difference between Desktop area and Screen area?
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