Win10 AppCompat VB6 IDE

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Shims and manifest settings are two completely different things.

The shim in post #12 causes the IDE to run in DpiAware mode. This, in turn, causes the application scaling to look and behave differently when running in live/debug mode. I was asking which manifest settings I could apply to the application to simulate the IDE so I could code and test live in a more 1-to-1 environment. I want my cake and to eat it too as I am just starting to learn about all of this. Using the 2016 dpiawareness namespace in the manifest is what worked.

Regarding the IDE, for optimal functionality, a few shims do help. But, using a full set of compatibility settings often does more harm than good. Basically, that's what this thread is about.

Is there another resource to grab said shims? I'm basically looking for what was included in post #12 but without HighDpiAware. I tried downloading the Win10ADK but am getting a 'can't run on this device' error when trying to launch the compatibility administrator... going down multiple rabbit holes here.

edit: I'd also like to try it with the GDI scaling because that seems to work pretty good on compiled apps. Though, I see some said it was poo poo.