Recent changes to bugs

#94 VMG working with Spotify

2026-06-19T14:57:42.316000Z

Hi Steven,
With this new file i attach, you can run the docked glass from you batch file by simply putting -docked after the name of the file.
So, if you have installed it, the batch file should change to:

"c:\Program Files (x86)\Virtual Magnifying Glass\magnifier.exe" -docked

Please tell me if that works.

#94 VMG working with Spotify

2026-06-16T15:41:55.146000Z

Hi Steven,

When you select the bookmark mode for the docked glass, you must go the mouse to the position you want to magnify and press Control + Alt + B to update the bookmark position. You have to do it only once, not every time. In the options dialog you can change this bookmark hotkey. Are you sure you are doing this?
No, it is not possible to place the docked glass above the position you want to enlarge. This is what dynamic mode should do, but dynamic mode does not work.
What i would suggest is this, right click and select to show the borders, then you can adjust more easily the width and the height of the glass. I also attach a new file where i have added options in the right click menu to increase/decrease the size of glass by one pixel at a time so you can have total control.
Please try the new file and tell me if this fits you. Don't worry about the fact that only few people may use this feature. I would be glad to be helpful.

#94 VMG working with Spotify

2026-06-13T07:10:52.160000Z

I attach a file, extract and install it. Make all the settings that you have already done. Additionally in the configurations dialog, in the docked glass page: select cursor to None and mode to bookmark. You can also select the hot key to update your bookmark's position. Go the mouse to the position you want and press the hotkey. Now, the glass enlarges only this position. You don't have to do it again. It remembers it every time you start the application. After this you only need to press the hot key for the docked glass to make it appear and disappear. I also fixed the border problem. Please use it and tell me if that fits you or you need something different or if something does not work. I would be glad if that helped you.

#94 VMG working with Spotify

2026-06-08T10:01:25.001000Z

Hi Steven,
This is exactly what i thought you would prefer. The docked glass not following the mouse but enlarging only a specific place of the screen. I can implement this. I will also look how small the docked glass can be made. I will come back with a version of the program with these improvements. This is not so difficult to do. We can tailor this to your preferences.

VMG working with Spotify

2026-06-02T14:17:11.192000Z

Hello,
I’m not sure I can explain this but I’m going to try.

I have been using Virtual Magnifying Glass v3.5 updated to v3.9.1 for quite some time on a Win 8.1 updated to Win10 machine. I use this with Spotify to magnify the song length portion of the screen. The native song length display size is too small. So I have VMG set to Dynamic. I then have a PowerShell routine that places the screen cursor at the location I want the VMG magnifier to display (i.e., over the song length). This was working perfectly for years – that is until recently when Spotify decided to upgrade their software.

My routine still sets the cursor in the correct location which places the VMG magnifier window in the correct spot. However, the magnifier displays nothing (i.e., the VMG window is blank/black). If I remove the VMG Dynamic setting and manually move the screen cursor to hover over the Spotify song length portion of their screen, it magnifies perfectly. – I just can’t get it to do this automatically. I have no idea why this is happening except that Spotify has changed some process.
Again, I don’t know how to explain this but it may be that with older versions of Spotify, the program opened directly via the Spotify.exe file. However, I now believe the Spotify.exe file is redirected to a website that runs the Spotify program. It appears VMG can’t magnify the website but could magnify the old program. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time and consideration,
Steve Karl

Graphics tools

2026-04-18T17:34:25.155000Z

I'm using v3.2.2 because this was the last release, where the graphics tools shown like this:
screen.png (postimg.cc)
newer show them like this
screen.png (postimg.cc)
can I have this look and feel in the newer releases like in v3.2.2?

Toolbar button disappears after explorer.exe is restarted

2026-04-18T17:11:03.047000Z

how to do this is described here
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32044732/how-to-restore-a-missing-notification-icon-when-explorer-exe-is-restarted

Windows10 Magnifier 3.6 Engaging classic mode will cause screen to be too large to see left side and bottom of win desktop

2024-09-26T08:50:57.142000Z

This is probably more of a bug in Windows when changing the size of windows using the setting in attached image.

The result of changing this setting seems to break some usefulness of this application. It causes the right size of the screen and the bottom of the screen to be unviewable (unzoomable)

This affects Magnifier V.3.6 and earlier versions.

Windows Snipping Tool, though not a magnifier, seems to handle the windows setting change gracefully (since it captures the desktop briefly to allow the user to select the region).

It is unfortunate that it is not possible to zoom a PIP video playing but that is not really a bug, IMHO

Thanks for developing this awesome tool.

#90 Unable to type a character with Swedish keyboard

2024-03-19T15:19:53.889000Z

Clarification: I am using Windows 11, forgot to mention that...

Unable to type a character with Swedish keyboard

2024-03-19T15:18:31.920000Z

Hello,

I have a problem using the software (version 3.6) with my Swedish keyboard.

After installing the software the key combination "AltGr + 4", which would be the character "$" (Ascii 36/0x24), stopped working entirely. It did not break all combinations though, but the program is still unusable to me since "$" is a key I frequently use in software development.