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

Jack S wrote on 1/27/2026, 8:31 AM

@Markus-Trachsel Have you tried a full reset?

http://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-reset-vegas-pro-to-default-settings--104646/

Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/28/2026, 1:25 AM

@Markus-Trachsel Have you tried a full reset?

http://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-reset-vegas-pro-to-default-settings--104646/

Yes, no change. Compared to V22 the scaling behaviour of the GUI is odd. Not as sleak and elaborate as v22. No idea why things always have to change for the worse. So v22 it is for me as v23 does not seem to work. Can somebody with two screens try to make a test and set one screen to a different scaling factor and try it to see, if they get the same behaviour. In my case, my primary display is the left screen with 125% that runs Vegas v23 in fullscreen mode and my right screen is at scaling factor 175%. As soon as I move the video preview window to the right screen, the menues on my primary screen disappears and also context menues appear i odd place or out of screen limits. Can somebody please try to replicate that behaviour?

Thank you very much and with best regards, Markus

RogerS wrote on 1/28/2026, 2:14 AM

I have two monitors, one at 175% (14.5" 2880x1800 laptop) and one at 100% (2560x1440 27").

VP 23 at 175%

VP 23 at 100%

Some menus aren't great at 100%

but if I really want to use the big monitor as my main editing one I uncheck "use High DPI scaling" on preferences/display.

Then it looks like this

As there is a huge physical difference between a 14.5 and 27" display I create custom layouts for both depending on which one I'm editing on. I resize the timeline, audio meters, etc. accordingly.

Markus-Trachsel wrote on 1/28/2026, 2:41 AM

I have two monitors, one at 175% (14.5" 2880x1800 laptop) and one at 100% (2560x1440 27").

VP 23 at 175%

VP 23 at 100%

Some menus aren't great at 100%

but if I really want to use the big monitor as my main editing one I uncheck "use High DPI scaling" on preferences/display.

Then it looks like this

As there is a huge physical difference between a 14.5 and 27" display I create custom layouts for both depending on which one I'm editing on. I resize the timeline, audio meters, etc. accordingly.

Thank you very much! I was not aware of the High DPI Scaling setting on the programm property tab in windows. I was always looking in the graphics settings in windows system (where you set the scaling in the first place). Now after some "research" on my behalf to find the setting you were talking about, I found it when you right mouseclick on the vegas23.exe and go the compatibility. There I checked the high DPI Scaling option and set it to "application" and voila, that did the trick.

Thank you very much and with best regards,
Markus

RogerS wrote on 1/28/2026, 3:32 AM

My pleasure, sorry I wasn't clearer earlier as to where to find the high DPI setting in VEGAS (options/preferences/display).

I tested the setting you did as well under application. I think this may be better as it fixes the menu issue and still seems sharp on the primary display.