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Res-o-matic changes your display resolution when you launch a program

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Do you have some programs that just don't look right on your monitor's 1920 x 1200 pixel display? You could manually adjust the resolution every time you want to run an old video game or other applications that calls for a lower resolution. Or you could use Res-o-matic to create a program shortcut that automatically changes your screen resolution before launching the program.

Res-o-matic couldn't be much easier to use. The program is a tiny (9KB) executable file that has just a handful of options. You find choose the application you want to create a shortcut for, choose a screen resolution, refresh rate, and color depth, and Res-o-matic spits out a new shortcut.

[via Inspect My Gadget]

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