Increasing virtual machine display resolution to a custom resolution beyond the maximum resolution listed in Microsoft Windows
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Article ID: 316485
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VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
This article provides steps for manually setting the video display resolution in Microsoft Windows virtual machines beyond the available resolutions in Display Properties.
Symptoms:
Unable to change the screen resolution of a Microsoft Windows virtual machine beyond the maximum resolution available in Display Properties.
Variable 1 is the index of the primary monitor (Default = 0). Variable 2 is the number of total monitors (Default = 1). Variable 3 is the starting X position of monitor 0 (Default = 0). Variable 4 is the starting Y position of monitor 0 (Default = 0). Variable 5 is the width (X) of monitor 0 in pixels. variable 6 is the width (Y) of monitor 0 in pixels.
For Example:
To set the virtual machine display resolution to 3280 x 2048:
VMwareResolutionSet.exe 0 1 , 0 0 3280 2048
To set a virtual machine with two monitors side-by-side, one at 1920x1200 and one at 1600x1200: