Magnify.exe command line args

Question

Does anyone know if there is any command line args that i could pass to the windows magnifier (magnify.exe) so it would open using the Lens view.

Or maybe some other way, I tried opening and sending a keyboard input using the shortcut to change the view, but often it blinks before changing the view! =/

Answer 1

Magnify.exe /? on the command line does not expose any sort of help for the executable. And a search online does not seem to provide evidence of any command line arguments. Leads me to conclude that magnify.exe does not take command line arguments.

I recommend reading this article on sending keystrokes to another application. His demo app worked for me to send keyboard shortcuts to magnify.exe. His source code is available as well so you can integrate into your application.

Answer 2

I just had the need to do the same thing, and wound up here trying to find a solution. It's ridiculous to think that they wouldn't have a command line switch to set the views, so I started just trying some. And behold! I scored:

• Magnify.exe /lens (defaults to lens view)
• Magnify.exe /fullscreen (defaults to fullscreen view)
• Magnify.exe /docked (defaults to docked view)

Good luck!

Answer 3

you could try something with autoit, its a scripting language similar to basic that is really well suited for automating tasks

Answer 4

Along those lines this autoit script might be helpful - it lists some msdn doco and if you know autoit a script.

Maginifier UDF

Answer 5

I am using a work-around. I created a Windows-8-style batch file that has a command "magnify /on". I'm not sure if the "/on" part is necessary. The program that I am trying to magnify, (which is an old DOS program that runs in a DOS-Box), launches with the magnify window conveniently available for me to change the magnification setting. I tried to include a command after closing, "magnify /off", but it does not work; therefore the magnifier window box has to be clicked to change the magnification back to normal.

Answer 6

This is a great case for the UNIX "strings" utility, of which there is a Sysinternals version here

It takes some digging and testing, but I found these options:

• wait (doesn't magnify until you hit a key)
• noutilman
• hardwarebuttonlaunch
• fullscreen
• lens
• docked
• hilight
• globalhotkey