Zorin Connect SMS Screen too large

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Ive activated Zorin connect but the SMS window is WAY too wide, and It wont let me resize it. From the center of the screen where it says messages, I have to drag the top bar fully across the screen 4-5 times to find the left or right edge to be able to try and resize it. I can make it bigger, just not smaller. Anyone know a way to fix this and have a normal size window?

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Gday @MaxTheSpy , Welcome to the community!

Have you increased your display setting?
Turn off "Factional Scaling".
Try the next scale up in display resolution.

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I have the orientation on landscape, the resolution 1920x1080, and scale at 100% with fractional scaling turned off.

EDIT: https://snipboard.io/qewOUy.jpg
A link to a screenshot of the window showing how wide it is.

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Ty,
You can attach your screenshots with-in the post here, ( the photo icon at the top)

do you have separate screen setting( On the screen itself? ( assuming this is a desktop machine)

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I dont have a seperate screen setting I dont think, Its a new install and most things are standard settings

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Try running an update, may correct it.
Open terminal & run these please.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Then

reboot

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No change unfortunatly after updating and rebooting

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hmmmm,
Is this the only GUI that is doing this?

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yeah, only the messaging dialogue in zorin connect. The rest of the windows are fine, or at least can be scaled down if I want them smaller

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Ok try,
Opening the "Software Centre" goto the installed TAB, scroll down to Zorin connect, select "Uninstall". the reboot,
Re open "software centre" & reinstall.
Try this first.

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When I go to that tab, to click remove, a dialogue appears saying that I will have to reinstall it if I want to use it, but it never uninstalls

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sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-shell-extension-zorin-connect

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Still did not make the window any smaller. Im at a loss for ideas at this point. It was an issue on a previous install and so I reinstalled to try and fix it but it didnt work.

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can you tell us what program you used to create the live boot cd/usb?
Did you check the checksum of the download?

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Also is this a clean install of Zorin OS only or dual booting?

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You can check the bug report here as well as add your voice to it. Zorin Connect is built upon GSConnect and this is, in fact, a GSConnect bug.

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Im dual booting this install, though yesterday was the same issue and zorin was the only OS installed.

I did check the ISO download and made sure it was good, it also did a self check when booting up and that checked out good.

I used both Rufus usb creator and this time I used Ventoy to create a multi boot drive.

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Ok, open into windows & disable "Fast startup"
Then Enter the BIOS & disable "fast boot".
Disable Fast Startup/Fast Boot
Then install Zorin OS,
I assume you have Windows as the 1st partition on the drive or on a separate drive? As windows likes to be 1st.

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On the drive technically its first installed. Though through my bios, I have zorin boot up first. If I boot with windows partition in slot 1, then I dont get the boot loader to select between zorin and windows. If I have zorin in slot 1, then I get that boot loader. Fast boot is turned off on windows and through bios already since I dont really see a point in having that turned on.