How to disable automatic zoom change in IE11 when moving window between different monitors?

On Windows 8.1 I use Internet Explorer 11 and I also got my notebook with 13" screen and LCD monitor with 24" screen.

When I move IE windows between screens, IE automatically changes the zoom "to preserve same font size" on screens with different DPI. This is unwanted, I don't want to have 100% on one screen and 125% on the other. Is there a way how to disable this, even using registry fix?

Note this is already reported on Microsoft Connect with no proper answer.

Martin Suchan

Posted 2014-02-17T15:14:45.657

Reputation: 181

Do you know if this affects browser apps like SAP, which is somewhat notorious for only working at 100% zoom? – blaughw – 2015-09-05T00:42:29.853

still no solution? – brauliobo – 2017-02-07T12:54:27.397

Does this happen with other browsers too? – Aulis Ronkainen – 2018-12-03T14:29:27.670

Answers

This is what worked for me:

Open Internet Explorer on the Desktop.......
Tools → Internet Options → Advanced (tab on top) → Accessibility
CHECK the box "Reset zoom level for new windows and tabs"
Click APPLY
Click OK

I got the answer from:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/all/disable-auto-zoom-in-ie11/ced7d289-2758-4e03-be77-a48cea1b60b9?page=1

Philani N.

Posted 2014-02-17T15:14:45.657

Reputation: 11

Found this online and works on my IE11:

Set the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom

ZoomDisabled [DWORD] = 1

ZoomFactor [DWORD] = 186a0 (this resets the zoom to 100%)

Goran

Posted 2014-02-17T15:14:45.657

Reputation: 1

This doesn't seem to work (IE 11, Windows 8.1, high DPI screen). It just disables the manual zoom changes, the automatic zooming is still in effect. – Marnix van Valen – 2015-06-30T08:18:55.730