Aetopia / ResEnforce

A application to enforce desktop resolutions on specific applications.

ResEnforce

ResEnforce is a rewrite of Resolution Enforcer but in Nim instead of Python.

What is Resolution Enforcer?

A simple program to enforce desktop resolutions on specific applications. (Win32 and UWP apps.)

This program fundamentally allows you to force an application to run at a specific resolution of your choice.
Additionally, Resolution Enforcer will minimize your game when you switch windows or [Alt] + [Tab].
Useful for UWP/Fullscreen Borderless Games since those don't support the ability to use lower resolutions.

Usage

1. Grab the latest release from GitHub Releases.

2. Run ResEnforce.exe.

3. This will generate a Options.ini file.

4. Open the file and it should look like this:

   [Profiles]
   ; Title or Executable Name = Resolution
   ; Example.exe = 1600x900
   ; Example = 1280x720 

5. Adding a new profile is easy:
   Note: Executable and title names are case sensitive!

   1. For Win32 Applications: App.exe = A x B
      Where, App.exe is the name of the executable and A x B is the resolution to be used.
      Example: HaloInfinite.exe = 1600x900

   2. For UWP Apps: App Title = A x B
      Where, App Title is the name of the UWP App and A x B is the resolution to be used.
      Example: Minecraft = 1280x720

6. You end up with:

   [Profiles]
   ; Title or Executable Name = Resolution
   ; Example.exe = 1600x900
   ; Example = 1280x720 
   Minecraft = 1280x720
   HaloInfinite.exe = 1600x900

7. Simply save the file!

How to close Resolution Enforcer?

There are 2 ways to close Resolution Enforcer ResEnforce.exe:

1. In CMD or PowerShell run:

   taskkill /im ResEnforce.exe /f

2. Through Task Manager:

   

Building

1. Download the source code.

   # You can easily grab them via Scoop.
   scoop.cmd install upx

   You can install the Nim Compiler from:

   https://github.com/dom96/choosenim

   Once Nim is installed on your system, fetch winim (Nim's Windows API and COM Library).

   Note: Make sure Git is installed!

   nimble install winim

2. Run in PowerShell:

   # Compile ResEnforce.
   nim -d:release --app:gui -o:ResEnforce.exe c src/main.nim
   
   # Compress the compiled executable.
   upx -9 ResEnforce.exe