Error: "Screen Resolution Too Small" Prevents Roon Usage on Windows 11 Laptop (ref#F5PYWC)

What’s happening?

· I'm having trouble logging in

Where are you having trouble logging in?

I can't log into the Roon app

Describe the issue

I'm getting an error message when i click the roon app on my laptop that says "Your screen resolution is too small to run Roon. Please try to run maximized or fullscreen." Which doesn't work. And that's where I'm stuck in the trial before getting to a $150 charge, and there have been no further steps I can take in Roon.

I’m in a free trial period testing Roon for the organization and playing of my music. It’s disheartening when asked to pay $150. Still I don’t have a viable music organization system for more than 40 years of collected music I have plus the ability to make and play playlists on my iPhone when on the road. I’m greatly disappointed as i did not expect screen resolution to be my first problem preventing me from getting my music collection stabilized and available and playable on all my devices.

My music is on a Windows 11 laptop. I have an iPad and an iPhone which are my mobile devices. I’m organizing my music mainly from CDs onto my laptop but want to be able to make and play my own playlists which I’ve done all my life.

I have about 100 CDs and thousands of songs, some purchased or repurchased on iTunes store. But mainly it’s all from CDs. I want them all in an organized system to play digitally (as well as store and maintain).

Describe your network setup

You forgot to tell what’s the screen diagonal in inches and the resolution of your screen

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Can’t you just go into Windows screen settings and change the resolution to one that will work.
I vaguely remember having this on an old Dell work laptop and I’m very sure that was all I did to get it working.

You may have to experiment with a few different ones until you hit the right one, that’s what I did I’m pretty sure.

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You can also try changing it to a windowed box instead of full-screen. I sometimes get that error when running it on my projector.

(And yes, I know that seems counterintuitive given the wording of the error message)

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Here are my Roon server and client on a Dell XPS 15 laptop. Change your screen settings to fit your screen. I’m running Windows 11.

I have 54 playlist.

Hello @bintaorg ,

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the forum! The issue you are having is that the operating system is running a resolution too low for Roon to open properly. You can resolve this issue by following the below guide, hope this helps!

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