Vegas Pro 23 (302) does not show menu and context menu on screen

Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/25/2026, 8:16 AM

Dear Members,

I use Vegas Pro since version 15. I have just upgraded from v22 to v23 and my version is up-to-date (v23 302). Also Graphics Studio Drivers are up to date.

When I klick on any of the menu items in the (File, Edit, View, Insert, Extras, Options, Help), no menu appears on screen. Also when I right-click on a video in the timeline, the menu appears on the left edge of the screen. Program runs in full-screen mode.

I noted that when I move the entire program to the middle of the screen, then suddenly the menus start to appear. If I only move a little bit to the middle of the screen, then only the menus of the right most items (Extras, Options, Help) or so appear, the once more to the left side of the screen do not appear. Only when I move the program 1/3 or so to the middle of the screen, then all the menu items appear.

Alternatively when I move the program to my right 4K screen, then all menu items appear also in full screen, but on my left monitor (with 3440x1440 resolution), then no menu items appear in full screen mode and context menus are beyond the left edge of the screen.

It seems like Vegas is wrongly detecting my screen and places menus out of bound, when the program towards the left side of the screen.

When I switch the screen order in windows, making my left screen my right screen, then the menues appear correctly in the left corner.

So it seem that vegas 23 is wrongly identifing the screen setup and drawns menus out of the visible screen area.

Unfortunately this makes working with Vegas 23 impossible for me. I am a bit buffled, how this is possible.

Vegas 22 works absolutely fine, no problem with that.

Please help for solution.

Thank you very much and with best regards

Markus

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Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/25/2026, 8:48 AM

Dear Members,

While playing around I noted that when I change my scaling on my screen to the same value for both screens, Vegas 23 seem to work. But as soon as the scaling factor of each screen is different, then Vegas 23 is all over the place. Contect menus are way too big and do not fit the screen anymore, drop down menues are no longer visible and the top menue items are also no longer inside the visible screen area. Unfortunately my two screens require different scaling factors in Windows and all previews Vegas Version seem to have no problem with that.

Hopefully there will be a fix for that soon.

With best regards,
Markus

Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/25/2026, 8:52 AM

There is more to note. As long as I keep Vegas 23 completely on one screen, the different scaling seem to have no effect. But as soon as I move the Video Preview window to me second screen, then the vegas menues on my primary display disappear and all the weird stuff is happening. When I pull the video preview window back to me left screen with the rest of Vegas 23, then it continues to work normally. So having part of vegas on another screen with a different scaling facor seem to cause all this trouble.

RogerS wrote on 1/25/2026, 8:54 AM

For a high DPI screen you need the high DPI mode checked. If you use the preview window on the other monitor and it has a different resolution check the alternate high DPI mode. I use Windows scalings that make text readable in all applications and don't change it for VEGAS.

Unchecking high DPI will give you a tolerable experience on both screens though it will look fuzzier than it should. There's no perfect solution for crisp menus at the right size on high DPI and non high DPI screens.

3POINT wrote on 1/25/2026, 8:58 AM

@Markus-Trachsel You can set different screen resolutions in the Windows settings, but the best is to use two the same monitors.

Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/25/2026, 9:00 AM

For a high DPI screen you need the high DPI mode checked. If you use the preview window on the other monitor and it has a different resolution check the alternate high DPI mode. I use Windows scalings that make text readable in all applications and don't change it for VEGAS.

Unchecking high DPI will give you a tolerable experience on both screens though it will look fuzzier than it should. There's no perfect solution for crisp menus at the right size on high DPI and non high DPI screens.

Hi Rgoer, Well, crisp or not crisp, I dont even see the menus on screen, they are drawn outside the screen. The different scaling completely destroys the Vegas interface. When I set the same scaling on both screens, everything is back to normals. Again, no issue with any previous versions of vegas. Best regards, Markus

Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/25/2026, 9:02 AM

@Markus-Trachsel You can set different screen resolutions in the Windows settings, but the best is to use two the same monitors.

Well I dont have and it was no issues up to now. So something is messed up in vegas 23. Also I am used to a wide screen for editing and a normal screen for preview, so that should not be an issue for Vegas 23. best regards, Markus